Implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking

Decades of research on visual perception has uncovered many phenomena, such as binocular rivalry, backward masking, and the attentional blink, that reflect 'failures of consciousness'. Although stimuli do not reach awareness in these paradigms, there is evidence that they nevertheless unde...

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Main Authors: Goodhew, S., Visser, T., Lipp, Ottmar, Dux, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19283
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author Goodhew, S.
Visser, T.
Lipp, Ottmar
Dux, P.
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Visser, T.
Lipp, Ottmar
Dux, P.
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description Decades of research on visual perception has uncovered many phenomena, such as binocular rivalry, backward masking, and the attentional blink, that reflect 'failures of consciousness'. Although stimuli do not reach awareness in these paradigms, there is evidence that they nevertheless undergo semantic processing. Object substitution masking (OSM), however, appears to be the exception to this rule. In OSM, a temporally-trailing four-dot mask interferes with target perception, even though it has different contours from and does not spatially overlap with the target. Previous research suggests that OSM has an early locus, blocking the extraction of semantic information. Here, we refute this claim, showing implicit semantic perception in OSM using a target-mask priming paradigm. We conclude that semantic information suppressed via OSM can nevertheless guide behavior. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-192832017-09-13T13:43:08Z Implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking Goodhew, S. Visser, T. Lipp, Ottmar Dux, P. Decades of research on visual perception has uncovered many phenomena, such as binocular rivalry, backward masking, and the attentional blink, that reflect 'failures of consciousness'. Although stimuli do not reach awareness in these paradigms, there is evidence that they nevertheless undergo semantic processing. Object substitution masking (OSM), however, appears to be the exception to this rule. In OSM, a temporally-trailing four-dot mask interferes with target perception, even though it has different contours from and does not spatially overlap with the target. Previous research suggests that OSM has an early locus, blocking the extraction of semantic information. Here, we refute this claim, showing implicit semantic perception in OSM using a target-mask priming paradigm. We conclude that semantic information suppressed via OSM can nevertheless guide behavior. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19283 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.10.013 restricted
spellingShingle Goodhew, S.
Visser, T.
Lipp, Ottmar
Dux, P.
Implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking
title Implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking
title_full Implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking
title_fullStr Implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking
title_full_unstemmed Implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking
title_short Implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking
title_sort implicit semantic perception in object substitution masking
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19283