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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Visual Perception

Background:

Serial dependence describes how recent visual experiences bias perception, decisions, and memory.
Existing research lacks a clear operational definition for serial dependence.
This phenomenon is known by various terms, including priming and sequential effects.

Approach:

A meta-analysis was conducted to quantitatively assess serial dependence characteristics.
The study reviewed extensive literature across different visual perception domains.
Diagnostic features of serial dependence were systematically evaluated.

Key Points:

Serial dependence is characterized by four tuning types: temporal, spatial, feature, and attentional.
Temporal tuning shows serial dependence decays over time.
Spatial tuning indicates dependence on relative location, feature tuning on similarity, and attentional tuning on attention modulation.

Conclusions:

The meta-analyses provide a comprehensive characterization of serial dependence.
Operational definitions and diagnostic criteria for serial dependence are established.
Individual differences in serial dependence warrant further investigation and future research avenues are proposed.