Loading…

The Role of Perceptual Load in Object Recognition

Predictions from perceptual load theory ( Lavie, 1995 , 2005 ) regarding object recognition across the same or different viewpoints were tested. Results showed that high perceptual load reduces distracter recognition levels despite always presenting distracter objects from the same view. They also s...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance 2009-10, Vol.35 (5), p.1346-1358
Main Authors: Lavie, Nilli, Lin, Zhicheng, Zokaei, Nahid, Thoma, Volker
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Predictions from perceptual load theory ( Lavie, 1995 , 2005 ) regarding object recognition across the same or different viewpoints were tested. Results showed that high perceptual load reduces distracter recognition levels despite always presenting distracter objects from the same view. They also showed that the levels of distracter recognition were unaffected by a change in the distracter object view under conditions of low perceptual load. These results were found both with repetition priming measures of distracter recognition and with performance on a surprise recognition memory test. The results support load theory proposals that distracter recognition critically depends on the level of perceptual load. The implications for the role of attention in object recognition theories are discussed.
ISSN:0096-1523
1939-1277
DOI:10.1037/a0016454