Journal
ATTENTION PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS
Volume 73, Issue 2, Pages 297-302Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-010-0047-9
Keywords
Implicit learning; Eye movements; Contextual cueing
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- BIAL Foundation [73/06]
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology/FEDER/COMPETE [PTDC/PSI-PCO/108208/2008, PTDC/PSI/67381/2006]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/PSI/67381/2006, PTDC/PSI-PCO/108208/2008] Funding Source: FCT
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Implicit contextual cueing refers to a top-down mechanism in which visual search is facilitated by learned contextual features. In the current study we aimed to investigate the mechanism underlying implicit contextual learning using object information as a contextual cue. Therefore, we measured eye movements during an object-based contextual cueing task. We demonstrated that visual search is facilitated by repeated object information and that this reduction in response times is associated with shorter fixation durations. This indicates that by memorizing associations between objects in our environment we can recognize objects faster, thereby facilitating visual search.
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