Selective nontarget inhibition in Multiple Object Tracking

Autor: Harry Haroutioun Haladjian, Zenon W. Pylyshyn, James Reilly, Charles E. King
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Visual Cognition. 16:1011-1021
ISSN: 1464-0716
1350-6285
DOI: 10.1080/13506280802247486
Popis: We previously reported that in the Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) task, which requires tracking several identical targets moving unpredictably among identical nontargets, the nontargets appear to be inhibited, as measured by a probe-dot detection method. The inhibition appears to be local to nontargets and does not extend to the space between objects—dropping off very rapidly away from targets and nontargets. In the present three experiments we show that (1) nontargets that are identical to targets but remain in a fixed location are not inhibited and (2) moving objects that have a different shape from targets are inhibited as much as same-shape nontargets, and (3) nontargets that are on a different depth plane and so are easily filtered out are not inhibited. This is consistent with a task-dependent view of item inhibition wherein nontargets are inhibited if (and only if) they are likely to be mistaken for targets.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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