title: Visual search is facilitated by scene and sequence familiarity in rhesus monkeys.
abstract: Whether searching for targets in a familiar scene leads to improved performance was tested in monkeys. We found that search performance improved for a familiar scene when target locations were always randomized. However, when target locations repeatedly followed a predictable sequence, performance improvement for a familiar scene was manifested only for targets presented in a familiar sequence, suggesting that scene memory might be masked by the learning of target sequences. These results suggest that information about a visual scene can facilitate the performance of visual search, and that this memory is coupled to the learned sequence of target locations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. dlee@cvs.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Daeyeol
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quessy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*