title: [Recognition of visual objects under forward masking. Effects of cathegorial similarity of test and masking stimuli].
abstract: In 38 healthy subjects accuracy and response time were examined during recognition of two categories of images--animals andnonliving objects--under forward masking. We revealed new data that masking effects depended of categorical similarity of target and masking stimuli. The recognition accuracy was the lowest and the response time was the most slow, when the target and masking stimuli belongs to the same category, that was combined with high dispersion of response times. The revealed effects were more clear in the task of animal recognition in comparison with the recognition of nonliving objects. We supposed that the revealed effects connected with interference between cortical representations of the target and masking stimuli and discussed our results in context of cortical interference and negative priming.
authors.forename: N Iu
authors.initials: NIu
authors.lastname: Gerasimenko
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Slavutskaia
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kalinin
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kulikov
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010470:Perceptual Masking / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D021641:Recognition, Psychology