title: Task-relevant information is prioritized in spatiotemporal contextual cueing.
abstract: Implicit learning of visual contexts facilitates search performance-a phenomenon known as contextual cueing; however, little is known about contextual cueing under situations in which multidimensional regularities exist simultaneously. In everyday vision, different information, such as object identity and location, appears simultaneously and interacts with each other. We tested the hypothesis that, in contextual cueing, when multiple regularities are present, the regularities that are most relevant to our behavioral goals would be prioritized. Previous studies of contextual cueing have commonly used the visual search paradigm. However, this paradigm is not suitable for directing participants' attention to a particular regularity. Therefore, we developed a new paradigm, the "spatiotemporal contextual cueing paradigm," and manipulated task-relevant and task-irrelevant regularities. In four experiments, we demonstrated that task-relevant regularities were more responsible for search facilitation than task-irrelevant regularities. This finding suggests our visual behavior is focused on regularities that are relevant to our current goal.
authors: School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan. higuchi@cv.jinkan.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors: Yoko
authors: Y
authors: Higuchi
authors: Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan.
authors: Yoshiyuki
authors: Y
authors: Ueda
authors: Department of Psychological Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan.
authors: Hirokazu
authors: H
authors: Ogawa
authors: School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan.
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Saiki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D000066499:Facial Recognition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Attention; Contextual cueing; Implicit learning; Task-dependency