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Inhibition of return at different eccentricities in the visual field share the same temporal window
Yan Bao1, Zhiyuan Wang, Wei Liang
1Department of Psychology, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Beijing 100871, PR China. baoyan@pku.edu.cn
Neuroscience Letters
|December 11, 2012
Summary
This study investigated how the visual field
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Visual Perception
- Cognitive Psychology
Background:
- Human visual field shows functional subdivision.
- Inhomogeneity is supported by attention studies on inhibition of return (IOR).
- IOR effects are stronger in the periphery than the perifoveal visual field.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if visual field inhomogeneity affects temporal dynamics of IOR.
- To determine when IOR effects disappear in different visual field regions.
Main Methods:
- Examined the temporal dynamics of inhibition of return (IOR).
- Compared IOR disappearance times in perifoveal and peripheral visual fields.
Main Results:
- IOR is significantly stronger in the periphery compared to the perifoveal visual field.
- Temporal decay functions for IOR reached threshold at approximately the same time for both regions.
Conclusions:
- Visual field inhomogeneity does not alter the temporal control window for IOR.
- Suggests a common temporal mechanism governs IOR across different visual field locations.
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