The effects of salience on saccadic target selection.

L.J.F.M. van Zoest, M. Donk

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Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of saliency on saccadic target selection as a function of time. Participants were required to make a speeded saccade towards a target defined by a unique orientation presented concurrently with multiple nontargets and one distractor. Target and distractor were equally salient within the orientation dimension but varied in saliency in the colour dimension. Within the colour dimension, the target presented could be more, equally, or less salient than the distractor. The results showed that saliency played a large role early during processing while no effects of saliency were found in later processing. Results are discussed in terms of models on visual selection. © 2005 Psychology Press Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)353-375
Number of pages24
JournalVisual Cognition
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

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