Upper visual field advantage in localizing a target among distractors

Biases exist in many perceptual and cognitive functions. Since visual attention plays an important role in a wide range of perceptual and cognitive processes, any bias in the spatial distribution of attention is likely to be a significant source of perceptual and cognitive asymmetries. An attentiona...

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Autores principales: Feng, Jing, Spence, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pion 2014
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4249996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25469215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0625rep
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description Biases exist in many perceptual and cognitive functions. Since visual attention plays an important role in a wide range of perceptual and cognitive processes, any bias in the spatial distribution of attention is likely to be a significant source of perceptual and cognitive asymmetries. An attentional visual field task (AVF) requiring localization of a target among distractors was used to assess possible asymmetries in attentional processing in the vertical meridian. The results showed a bias favoring the upper visual field, suggesting a potentially important role of attention in perceptual and cognitive asymmetries.
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spelling pubmed-42499962014-12-02 Upper visual field advantage in localizing a target among distractors Feng, Jing Spence, Ian Iperception Short Report Biases exist in many perceptual and cognitive functions. Since visual attention plays an important role in a wide range of perceptual and cognitive processes, any bias in the spatial distribution of attention is likely to be a significant source of perceptual and cognitive asymmetries. An attentional visual field task (AVF) requiring localization of a target among distractors was used to assess possible asymmetries in attentional processing in the vertical meridian. The results showed a bias favoring the upper visual field, suggesting a potentially important role of attention in perceptual and cognitive asymmetries. Pion 2014-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4249996/ /pubmed/25469215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/i0625rep Text en Copyright 2014 J Feng, I Spence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This open-access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Licence, which permits noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original author(s) and source are credited and no alterations are made.
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