Object-based attention: a tutorial review.
This tutorial provides a selective review of research on object-based deployment of attention. It focuses primarily on behavioral studies with human observers. The tutorial is divided into five sections. It starts with an introduction to object-based attention and a description of the three commonly used experimental paradigms in object-based attention research. These are followed by a review of a variety of manifestations of object effects and the factors that influence object segmentation. The final two sections are devoted to two key issues in object-based research: the mechanisms that give rise to the object effects and the role of space in object-based selection.
Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand. zhe.chen@canterbury.ac.nz
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D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D003463:Cues; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012858:Size Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology