Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
High-level effects of masking on perceptual identification |
| Authors: |
Sanborn, Adam N.1 asanborn@indiana.edu, Malmberg, Kenneth J.2, Shiffrin, Richard M.1 |
| Source: |
Vision Research. Jun2004, Vol. 44 Issue 12, p1427. 10p. |
| Subjects: |
Masking (Psychology), Cognition, Form perception, Reading |
| Abstract: |
The extent to which visual form versus higher-level information is used to identify briefly flashed words is assessed in a perceptual identification task. In this task, a word is briefly flashed, post-masked, and a decision is made between two alternatives. The availability of visual (e.g., case or color) and higher-level information (e.g., abstract letter codes, phonology, and meaning) was manipulated by varying the information that discriminates the alternatives. Performance was better with higher-level than with visual information when pattern post-masks were used, but the reverse occurred without masking. The authors conclude that both higher-level and visual-form information can be used to identify words with the strategy depending on the information available at the time of the choice. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] |
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| Database: |
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