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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception

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  • Object-based attention typically enhances target detection on cued objects.
  • Previous research often assumes attention is confined to single objects or surfaces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether attentional selection is limited to discrete objects or can encompass groups of surfaces.
  • To explore the role of perceptual grouping in object-based attention.

Main Methods:

  • Four psychophysical experiments were conducted.
  • Participants performed visual search tasks with cued and target locations.
  • Stimuli varied in object structure, surface orientation, and perceptual grouping.

Main Results:

  • Facilitation effects extended to uncued surfaces of the same object, even with different orientations.
  • Cuing benefits crossed object boundaries when surfaces were perceptually grouped.
  • Connecting surfaces with an intermediate surface strengthened the attentional effect.

Conclusions:

  • Attentional selection is not strictly bound to discrete physical objects.
  • Attention can be allocated to perceptual groups of surfaces and objects.
  • Visual attention is more flexible than previously assumed, encompassing broader perceptual units.