When here becomes there: attentional distribution modulates foveal bias in peripheral localization.
Much research concerning attention has focused on changes in the perceptual qualities of objects while attentional states were varied. Here, we address a complementary question--namely, how perceived location can be altered by the distribution of sustained attention over the visual field. We also present a new way to assess the effects of distributing spatial attention across the visual field. We measured magnitude judgments relative to an aperture edge to test perceived location across a large range of eccentricities (30°), and manipulated spatial uncertainty in target locations to examine perceived location under three different distributions of spatial attention. Across three experiments, the results showed that changing the distribution of sustained attention significantly alters known foveal biases in peripheral localization.
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley & Veterans Administration, Martinez, CA, USA.
Francesca C
FC
Fortenbaugh
Lynn C
LC
Robertson
D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D004215:Distance Perception; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011601:Psychophysics; D011930:Reaction Time; D012438:Saccades; D035501:Uncertainty; D014794:Visual Fields; D055815:Young Adult
Percept Psychophys. 1999 Nov;61(8):1646-61
10598476
Vision Res. 2004 Jun;44(12):1351-65
15066395
Vision Res. 2002 Jan;42(2):159-67
11809470
Acta Psychol (Amst). 1993 Nov;84(2):135-59
8285077
Psychol Res. 2008 May;72(3):273-80
17333256
Nat Neurosci. 2004 Mar;7(3):308-13
14966522
J Exp Psychol. 1980 Jun;109(2):160-74
7381367
Biol Cybern. 1983;49(2):111-8
6661443
Vision Res. 2010 Aug 23;50(18):1793-802
20542056
Psychol Res. 1999;62(1):20-35
10356970
Perception. 1992;21(3):289-96
1437448
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 1997 Apr;23(2):443-63
9104004
Mem Cognit. 2002 Jul;30(5):718-30
12219889
Vision Res. 2000;40(10-12):1539-47
10788657
Neuropsychologia. 1997 Dec;35(12):1513-7
9460720
Psychol Bull. 1998 Sep;124(2):123-64
9747184
Vision Res. 1995 Jun;35(11):1611-8
7667918
Percept Psychophys. 1995 Aug;57(6):787-95
7651803
J Vis. 2007 Aug 23;7(11):5.1-9
17997660
Psychon Bull Rev. 2005 Jun;12(3):559-66
16235646
Perception. 2005;34(8):951-9
16178149
J Vis. 2010 Jan 08;10(1):1.1-16
20143894
J Vis. 2010 Oct 27;10(12):33
21047765
Vision Res. 2007 Aug;47(17):2327-36
17662333
Percept Psychophys. 2005 Jan;67(1):48-71
15912872
J Exp Psychol Gen. 2005 Feb;134(1):73-92
15702964
Behav Brain Res. 1993 Jul 30;56(1):77-84
8397856
J Vis. 2002;2(6):467-79
12678645
Nature. 1998 Nov 5;396(6706):72-5
9817201
Arch Ophthalmol. 1991 Jun;109(6):816-24
2043069
Vision Res. 2005 Nov;45(25-26):3301-6
16256825
Vision Res. 2001 Feb;41(3):343-52
11164449
Vision Res. 2006 Jun;46(13):2028-40
16481020
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 1989 Mar;15(2):179-87
2522508
Vision Res. 2008 Sep;48(21):2204-12
18634818
Percept Psychophys. 2004 Jan;66(1):89-103
15095943
J Neurophysiol. 1997 Jan;77(1):24-42
9120566
Annu Rev Neurosci. 1990;13:25-42
2183676
Vision Res. 2001 Feb;41(3):329-41
11164448
J Opt Soc Am A. 1991 Nov;8(11):1775-87
1744774
Annu Rev Psychol. 1971;22:119-60
4995343
J Neurophysiol. 2007 Jan;97(1):229-37
16971677
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2000 Nov;1(2):147-8
11252778
Psychol Res. 2000;64(1):41-55
11109866
Psychon Bull Rev. 1999 Jun;6(2):292-6
12199213
Cogn Psychol. 1980 Jan;12(1):97-136
7351125
J Neurosci. 1999 Oct 15;19(20):9016-28
10516319
Spat Vis. 2001;15(1):61-75
11893125
Psychol Res. 2008 Jul;72(4):433-42
17899176
Vision Res. 2008 Jan;48(1):80-95
18076966
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 1996 Feb;22(1):233-43
8742264
Biol Cybern. 1989;60(4):261-5
2706280
Spat Vis. 1999;12(1):51-72
10195388
Percept Psychophys. 2006 Jul;68(5):759-69
17076344
Spat Vis. 1986;1(4):319-31
3153788
Neuron. 1999 Apr;22(4):751-61
10230795
Neuron. 2008 Aug 14;59(3):509-21
18701075
Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1985 Nov;62(11):736-43
4073209