The selection process in the visual search task: sub-set selection based on depth and similarity

• Grant number: 99/03101-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: September 13, 1999
• End date: December 12, 2000
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Cognitive Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Cesar Alexis Galera
• Grantee: Cesar Alexis Galera
• Host Investigator: Michael von Grunau
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Concordia University, Canada

Abstract

We will study the efficacy of depth and similarity as criteria for stimuli selection in the visual search task. The relevant stimuli to the visual search task (target and distractors) will be randomly distributed among background elements from which they will differ on depth or similarity. The basic idea is that the relevant stimuli will be selected and then analyzed. A parallel selection of the relevant stimuli would contribute to the overall reaction time independently of the contribution of the analysis of the relevant stimuli. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PANAGOPOULOS‚ A.; VON GRUNAU‚ MW; GALERA‚ C.. Attentive mechanisms in visual search. Spatial Vision, v. 17, n. 4-5, p. 4-5, 2004. (99/03101-3)

GALERA‚ C.; VON GRÜNAU‚ M.; PANAGOPOULOS‚ A.. Automatic focusing of attention on object size and shape. Psicologica, n. 1, p. 147-160, 2005. (99/03101-3)

GALERA‚ C.. Cesar Galera 1*‚ Michael von Grünau 2 and Afroditi Panagopoulos 2 1 FFCLRP-Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) 2 Concordia University‚ Montreal (Canada). Psicologica, v. 26, p. 147-160, 2005. (99/03101-3)