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Grouping processes in visual search: effects with single- and combined-feature targets

G W Humphreys1, P T Quinlan, M J Riddoch

  • 1Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Group, Birkbeck College, University of London, England.

Summary

Visual search for combined-form targets can be spatially parallel when distractors are homogeneous, allowing for efficient grouping. Heterogeneous distractors disrupt grouping, leading to serial search, suggesting hierarchical processing in visual perception.

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