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Object continuity in apparent motion and attention

S Yantis1, B S Gibson

  • 1Department of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Experimentale
|June 1, 1994
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Visual continuity influences perception. Experiments show that temporal gaps disrupting spatiotemporal continuity affect both apparent motion perception and attentional capture, suggesting a shared underlying mechanism.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception

Background:

  • Object-based representations are key in visual selection theories.
  • Spatiotemporal continuity is a fundamental property of objects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if spatiotemporal continuity underlies attentional capture and apparent motion perception.
  • To explore the relationship between temporal gap duration and these perceptual phenomena.

Main Methods:

  • Two visual tasks were employed: reporting bistable apparent motion (Ternus display) and visual search with a flickering element.
  • The duration of the blank interval between frames and the temporal gap of the flickering element were manipulated.

Main Results:

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  • Perception of group vs. element motion in the Ternus display varied with blank interval duration.
  • Attentional capture by a flickering element in visual search was also dependent on the temporal gap duration.
  • The time course of the gap duration effect was similar for both apparent motion and attentional capture.

    • Conclusions:

    • Disrupting spatiotemporal continuity with a sufficiently long temporal gap fundamentally alters perceived organization.
    • Apparent motion and attentional capture may rely on the same underlying mechanism related to spatiotemporal continuity.