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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Perception and Action
  • Visual Object Processing

Background:

  • Object perception and action are linked, with visual objects evoking specific grasping components (object affordances).
  • The influence of multiple object affordances on perceptual processing remains underexplored.
  • Investigating how affordance similarity and semantic relations affect object processing is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if object processing is affected by the similarity of affordances from multiple objects.
  • To examine whether semantic relationships between objects modulate the impact of affordance similarity.
  • To test predictions of models on automatic inhibition of distractor affordances.

Main Methods:

  • Adult participants viewed 3D scenes with pairs of graspable objects (spatula-pan, spatula-snow globe).
  • Objects evoked either precision or power grasp affordances, which were either similar or dissimilar.
  • Participants judged target object color, performing compatible or incompatible grasps.

Main Results:

  • Response times were slower for compatible targets when unrelated distractors had similar affordances compared to dissimilar ones.
  • This processing cost associated with similar affordances vanished when the objects were thematically related.
  • Evidence supports automatic inhibition of distractor affordances and highlights the role of thematic relations.

Conclusions:

  • Object processing is modulated by the similarity of affordances evoked by multiple objects.
  • Thematic relationships between objects play a significant role in mitigating processing costs.
  • Findings offer insights into object perception within complex, naturalistic scenes.