Creating rectangles on the fly: Attentional set and object-based effects

There are two main metaphors for visual attention: One metaphor holds that attention is a "spotlight" that focuses on a particular spatial location irrespective of its content. Another metaphor holds that attention is "object-based," and therefore spreads preferentially within an object rather than between objects, irrespective of location. Recent research has examined the boundary conditions of object-based attention.

Source: Psychonomic Society News - August 23, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news