Cepeda, N. J., & Kramer, A. F. (1999). Strategic effects on object-based attentional selection. Acta Psychologica, 103, 1-19. [146k pdf]
The same-object benefit, that is faster and/or more accurate performance when two target properties to be identified appear on one object than when each of the properties appear on different objects, has been a robust and theoretically important finding in the study of attentional selection. Indeed, the same-object benefit has been interpreted to suggest that attention can be used to select objects and perceptual groups rather than unparsed regions of visual space. In the present studies we report and explore a different-object benefit, that is faster identification performance when two target properties appear on different objects than when they appear on a single object. The results from the three experiments suggest that the different-object benefit was the result of mental rotation and translation strategies that subjects performed on objects in an effort to determine whether two target properties matched or mismatched. These image manipulation strategies appear to be performed with similar but not with dissimilar target properties. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the study of object-based attentional selection.
2008 (cited by 2)
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- Shomstein, S., & Behrmann, M. (2008). Object-based attention: Strength of object representation and attentional guidance. Perception and Psychophysics, 70, 132-144.
2007 (cited by 0)
2006 (cited by 2)
- Avrahami, J. (2006). Selective attention as tuning: The case of stroke weight. Perception and Psychophysics, 68, 208-215.
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2005 (cited by 3)
- Davis, G., & Holmes, A. (2005). Reversal of object-based benefits in visual attention. Visual Cognition, 12, 817-846.
- Marino, A. C., & Scholl, B. J. (2005). The role of closure in defining the "objects" of object-based attention. Perception and Psychophysics, 67, 1140-1149.
- Tsai, P-l. (2005). [The constraints of object-based attentional selection]. Unpublished doctoral dissertation.
2004 (cited by 3)
- Davis, G. (2004). Characteristics of attention and visual short-term memory: Implications for visual interface design. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A - Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, 362, 2741-2759.
- Shomstein, S., & Yantis, S. (2004). Configural and contextual prioritization in object-based attention. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 11, 247-253.
- van Leeuwen, C., & Lachmann, T. (2004). Negative and positive congruence effects in letters and shapes. Perception and Psychophysics, 66, 908-925.
2003 (cited by 1)
- Goldsmith, M., & Yeari, M. (2003). Modulation of object-based attention by spatial focus under endogenous and exogenous orienting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29, 897-918.
2002 (cited by 1)
- Mapelli, D., Cherubini, P., & Umilta, C. (2002). Attending to objects: Costs or benefits? Acta Psychologica, 109, 57-74.
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1999 (cited by 0)