Automatic, stimulus-driven attentional capture by objecthood
Automatic, stimulus-driven attentional capture by objecthood
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DOI：
10.3758/bf03194045
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Cohen-Savransky, Aliza
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作者：
Kimchi, Ruth;Yeshurun, Yaffa;Cohen-Savransky, Aliza
在三个实验中，我们研究了仅通过格式塔因素将视野中的某些元素组织成一个连贯的单元（物体），没有突然开始或任何其他独特的瞬态，是否可以自动吸引注意力。参与者观看九个红色和绿色元素的显示，其中之一是目标，并且必须识别目标的颜色。在一些试验中，元素的子集按格式塔因素（共线性、封闭性和对称性）分组为一个对象。该对象与任务无关并且无法预测目标。对于对象区域中的目标，在显示器中存在对象的试验中的性能比没有对象的试验中的性能更快（好处），但对于非对象区域中的目标来说，性能较慢（成本）。这些发现表明，物体本身可以以刺激驱动的方式自动吸引注意力，就像外源线索一样。
In three experiments, we investigated whether the mere organization of some elements in the visual field by Gestalt factors into a coherent unit (an object), with no abrupt onset or any other unique transient, could attract attention automatically. Participants viewed a display of nine red and green elements, one of which was the target, and had to identify the target's color. On some trials, a subset of the elements was grouped by Gestalt factors (collinearity, closure, and symmetry) into an object. The object was task-irrelevant and unpredictive of the target. Performance on trials with an object present in the display was faster than performance on trials with no object for targets in the object area (a benefit) but slower for targets in a nonobject area (a cost). These findings demonstrate that an object by itself can capture attention automatically in a stimulus-driven manner, much as exogenous cues can.