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The FVF might be influenced by object-based attention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2017

Poutasi W. B. Urale*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand. crimsonshinobi@gmail.com

Abstract

Hulleman & Olivers (H&O) argue that the primary unit in search should be fixations, and in doing so posit a Functional View Field (FVF). There is evidence from the object-based visual attention literature that the FVF may not process visual information uniformly. Here I sketch how object-based attention may influence processing within the FVF as well as the shape of the FVF.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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