title: An adaptation-induced pop-out in visual search.
abstract: The present study demonstrates that an object embedded in an array of identical objects can pop-out. Dependent on the stimuli preceding the search display, local (chromatic) adaptation causes an identical object to pop-out because it appears to have a colour (Expt 1) or brightness (Expt 2) that is slightly different from the colour and brightness of the other objects in the display. Experiment 3 shows that this pop-out even occurs when the stimulus preceding the search display is presented for only 100 msec.
authors.affiliation: TNO Institute for Perception, Soesterberg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Theeuwes
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lucassen
mesh_terms: D000221:Adaptation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D000360:Afterimage / Q000502:physiology; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time; D013997:Time Factors