Visual search for colour targets that are or are not linearly separable from distractors Export

@article{citeulike:5376214, abstract = {D'Zmura [(1991) Vision Research , 31, 951–966 reported qualitative differences in visual search rates for a target colour in a background of differently coloured distractors depending on their colour configuration in CIE( x, y ) space. A target colour that was chromatically mid-way between the distractor colours resulted in steep search slopes. A target off the distractor-distracto line, ” popped out”. We replicated his finding in several loci, investigated several potential confounds, and discovered boundary conditions for the phenomenon: for a given target, the effect of collinearity dissipates with increasing distractor-distractor colour difference. Furthermore, within limits, performance was dependent on the target to distractor-line distance.}, author = {Bauer, B. and Jolicoeur, P. and Cowan, W.}, citeulike-article-id = {5376214}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0042-6989(95)00207-3}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0042698995002073}, doi = {10.1016/0042-6989(95)00207-3}, issn = {00426989}, journal = {Vision Research}, keywords = {attention, capture, search, visual}, month = {May}, number = {10}, pages = {1439--1466}, posted-at = {2009-08-06 03:39:54}, priority = {5}, title = {Visual search for colour targets that are or are not linearly separable from distractors}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0042-6989(95)00207-3}, volume = {36}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5376214 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5376214 N2 - D'Zmura [(1991) Vision Research , 31, 951–966 reported qualitative differences in visual search rates for a target colour in a background of differently coloured distractors depending on their colour configuration in CIE( x, y ) space. A target colour that was chromatically mid-way between the distractor colours resulted in steep search slopes. A target off the distractor-distracto line, “popped out”. We replicated his finding in several loci, investigated several potential confounds, and discovered boundary conditions for the phenomenon: for a given target, the effect of collinearity dissipates with increasing distractor-distractor colour difference. Furthermore, within limits, performance was dependent on the target to distractor-line distance. IS - 10 JF - Vision Research SN - 00426989 EP - 1466 TI - Visual search for colour targets that are or are not linearly separable from distractors VL - 36 SP - 1439 KW - attention KW - capture KW - search KW - visual AU - Bauer, B AU - Jolicoeur, P AU - Cowan, W PY - 1996/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0042-6989(95)00207-3 ER -