Journal article
Temporal resolution of figures and grounds
Acta psychologica, Vol.147, pp.147-151
03/2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.06.010
PMID: 23928563
Abstract
Recent studies have demonstrated that establishing figure-ground organization influences other perceptual processes. Specifically, figures undergo perceptual processing earlier than ground regions (Lester, Hecht, & Vecera, 2009), and they are processed for longer durations relative to ground regions (Hecht & Vecera, 2011). One potential consequence of figures' extended processing is degraded temporal resolution compared to ground regions. To test this hypothesis, observers completed a modified flicker-fusion task while viewing either displays that contained well-defined figures and grounds or displays that were ambiguous. As evidenced by increased sensitivity for flickering targets on the ground regions, the current results support the claim that figures have poorer temporal resolution than ground regions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Temporal resolution of figures and grounds
- Creators
- Lauren N Hecht - Gustavus Adolphus College, United States. Electronic address: lhecht@gustavus.eduShaun P Vecera - University of Iowa, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Acta psychologica, Vol.147, pp.147-151
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.06.010
- PMID
- 23928563
- NLM abbreviation
- Acta Psychol (Amst)
- ISSN
- 0001-6918
- eISSN
- 1873-6297
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- Grant note
- name: National Science Foundation, award: BCS 03-39171
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2014
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002465602771
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