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The Nesting of Search Contexts Within Natural Scenes: Evidence From Contextual Cuing.
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Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception & Performance . Dec2010, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p1406-1418. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- In a contextual cuing paradigm, we examined how memory for the spatial structure of a natural scene guides visual search. Participants searched through arrays of objects that were embedded within depictions of real-world scenes. If a repeated search array was associated with a single scene during study, then array repetition produced significant contextual cuing. However, expression of that learning was dependent on instantiating the original scene in which the learning occurred: Contextual cuing was disrupted when the repeated array was transferred to a different scene. Such scene-specific learning was not absolute, however. Under conditions of high scene variability, repeated search array were learned independently of the scene background. These data suggest that when a consistent environmental structure is available, spatial representations supporting visual search are organized hierarchically, with memory for functional subregions of an environment nested within a representation of the larger scene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *VISUAL perception
*SPATIAL memory
*MEMORY
*PROMPTS (Psychology)
*VISUAL learning
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00961523
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception & Performance
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 79454202
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019257