TY - JOUR
T1 - Intertrial temporal contextual cuing
T2 - Association across successive visual search trials guides spatial attention
AU - Ono, Fuminori
AU - Jiang, Yuhong
AU - Kawahara, Jun Ichiro
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - Contextual cuing refers to the facilitation of performance in visual search due to the repetition of the same displays. Whereas previous studies have focused on contextual cuing within single-search trials, this study tested whether 1 trial facilitates visual search of the next trial. Participants searched for a T among Ls. In the training phase, the spatial layout on trial N-1 was predictive of the target location on trial N. In the testing phase, the predictive value was removed. Results revealed an intertrial temporal contextual cuing effect: Search speed became progressively shorter in the training phase, but it significantly lengthened during testing. The authors conclude that the visual system is capable of retaining spatial contextual memory established earlier to facilitate perception.
AB - Contextual cuing refers to the facilitation of performance in visual search due to the repetition of the same displays. Whereas previous studies have focused on contextual cuing within single-search trials, this study tested whether 1 trial facilitates visual search of the next trial. Participants searched for a T among Ls. In the training phase, the spatial layout on trial N-1 was predictive of the target location on trial N. In the testing phase, the predictive value was removed. Results revealed an intertrial temporal contextual cuing effect: Search speed became progressively shorter in the training phase, but it significantly lengthened during testing. The authors conclude that the visual system is capable of retaining spatial contextual memory established earlier to facilitate perception.
KW - Contextual cuing
KW - Implicit memory
KW - Intertrial association
KW - Visual attention
KW - Visual search
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U2 - 10.1037/0096-1523.31.4.703
DO - 10.1037/0096-1523.31.4.703
M3 - Article
C2 - 16131243
AN - SCOPUS:24944569158
VL - 31
SP - 703
EP - 712
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
SN - 0096-1523
IS - 4
ER -