title: Recognizing dynamic scenes: influence of processing orientation.
abstract: From face recognition studies, it is known that instructions are able to change processing orientation of stimuli, leading to an impairment of recognition performance. The present study examined instructional influences on the visual recognition of dynamic scenes. A global processing orientation without any instruction was assumed to lead to highest recognition performance, whereas instructions focusing participants' attention on certain characteristics of the event should lead to a local processing orientation with an impairment of visual recognition performance as a direct consequence. Since the pattern of results provided evidence for this hypothesis, theoretical contributions were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Germany. markus.huff@uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huff
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwan
authors.forename: Bärbel
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Garsoffky
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003118:Color Perception; D003142:Communication; D003867:Depth Perception; D004215:Distance Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception; D009949:Orientation; D012718:Set, Psychology; D014741:Video Recording; D014796:Visual Perception; D055815:Young Adult