Visual dominance

An information-processing account of its origins and significance.

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23328003
AutoresMichael I Posner (0000-0002-7060-987X, University of Oregon), Mary Jo Nissen, Richard M Klein (0000-0002-3854-4498), Raymond M Klein
Año1976
Volumen83
Número2
Páginas157-171
Fecha de publicación1976-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-295X • E-ISSN: 1939-1471
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0033-295x.83.2.157
PMID769017
OpenAlexW2031043921
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas75
Referencias citadas2

In many situations, visual input tends to dominate other modalities in perceptual and memorial reports and in speeded responses. Visual dominance appears to be related to the relatively weak capacity of visual inputs to alert the organism to their occurrence. In response to this reduced alerting, subjects tend to keep their attention tuned to the visual modality. This bias works via prior entry to allow vision to control the mechanisms that subserve conscious reports. The study of visual dominance provides a model situation in which chronometric and phenomenological techniques can be brought together to produce a more complete picture of the relation between information processing and awareness. Process models of perceptual phenomena (Chase, 1973) usually emphasize the flow of information within and between such systems as visual and acoustic analyzers, short- and long-term memories, and decision and response systems. Most often, some form of mental chronometry (Posner, in press), such

Cognitive psychology · Dominance (genetics) · Information processing · Perception · Visual processing · Cognitive Science and Education Research · Multisensory perception and integration · Neuroscience · Psychology