Human vision focuses on information relevant to a task, to the detriment of information that is not relevant

Glover offers an account for why some pictorial illusions influence early but not late phases of an action. His proposed corrective control process, however, functions normally in the absence of continuous visual information, suggesting that the stimulus is registered veridically prior to action ons...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2004-02, Vol.27 (1), p.53-54
Main Author: Vishton, Peter M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Glover offers an account for why some pictorial illusions influence early but not late phases of an action. His proposed corrective control process, however, functions normally in the absence of continuous visual information, suggesting that the stimulus is registered veridically prior to action onset. Here I consider an alternative account, based on differing informational constraints of behaviors (and phases of behaviors).
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X04480029