Peripheral vision contributes to implicit attentional learning: Findings from the "mouse-eye" paradigm.

Autor: Chen C; Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, S504 Elliott Hall, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. chen5954@umn.edu., Lee VG; Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, S504 Elliott Hall, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.; Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Attention, perception & psychophysics [Atten Percept Psychophys] 2024 Jul; Vol. 86 (5), pp. 1621-1640. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 05.
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-024-02907-5
Abstrakt: The central visual field is essential for activities like reading and face recognition. However, the impact of peripheral vision loss on daily activities is profound. While the importance of central vision is well established, the contribution of peripheral vision to spatial attention is less clear. In this study, we introduced a "mouse-eye" method as an alternative to traditional gaze-contingent eye tracking. We found that even in tasks requiring central vision, peripheral vision contributes to implicit attentional learning. Participants searched for a T among Ls, with the T appearing more often in one visual quadrant. Earlier studies showed that participants' awareness of the T location probability was not essential for their ability to learn. When we limited the visible area around the mouse cursor, only participants aware of the target's location probability showed learning; those unaware did not. Adding placeholders in the periphery did not restore implicit attentional learning. A control experiment showed that when participants were allowed to see all items while searching and moving the mouse to reveal the target's color, both aware and unaware participants acquired location probability learning. Our results underscore the importance of peripheral vision in implicitly guided attention. Without peripheral vision, only explicit, but not implicit, attentional learning prevails.
Competing Interests: Declarations Conflicts of interests The authors have no relevant financial or nonfinancial interests to disclose. Ethics approval and consent to participate The study received Institutional Review Board approval from the University of Minnesota [STUDY00007254]. All participants provided informed consent in person.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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