Spatial organization of distracters in visual search

Authors
Olds, ES Cowan, WB Jolicoeur, P
Citation
Es. Olds et al., Spatial organization of distracters in visual search, CAN J EXP P, 53(2), 1999, pp. 150-159
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHOLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE
ISSN journal
11961961 → ACNP
Volume
53
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
150 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
1196-1961(199906)53:2<150:SOODIV>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This paper investigates visual search in displays in which distracters are spatially grouped. Detection of targets at the border of two regions where distracters are coherent is easier than can be predicted by models that do not take spatial organization into account. Thus, models of visual search n eed to incorporate effects of spatial organization in addition to bottom-up difference calculations.