Scene‐context effect in visual memory is independent of retention interval 1

The context of a natural scene can facilitate memory for embedded objects. It has been reported that such scene‐context effects can be lost in the flicker paradigm, which alternatively presents a picture, followed by a modified version of the picture after a brief interval. Using a follow‐the‐dot paradigm which instills serial attending, determinants of the scene‐context effect are examined by varying both scene‐context (normal, jumbled) and the retention interval (short, long) between cued and target objects. In this paradigm, a dot cue was sequentially presented on 12 different objects of a scene, then the memory for one of the cued objects was tested. This paradigm requires holding information about multiple objects in memory at once. Retention intervals were varied by manipulating the serial position of the dot on a target object. The results showed that the retention interval did not influence the scene‐context effect. Potential mechanisms for the scene‐context effect are discussed

Cognitive psychology · Computer graphics (images) · Computer vision · Context (archaeology) · Cued speech · Flicker · Interval (graph theory) · Object (grammar) · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · Mathematics · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Visual Attention and Saliency Detection · Visual perception and processing mechanisms

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  David H Brainard•Spatial Vision•1997

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