The influence of visual search efficiency on the time-course of identity-based SR-compatibility

2012 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wieske van Zoest ◽  
Alan Kingstone ◽  
Jan Theeuwes
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Search Efficiency ◽  
Identity Based

Do aging displays impact observer performance and visual search efficiency?

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Krupinski ◽  
Hans Roehrig ◽  
Jiahua Fan
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Observer Performance ◽  
Search Efficiency

scholarly journals The Effect of Visual Search Efficiency on Response Preparation

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey F. Woodman ◽  
Min-Suk Kang ◽  
Kirk Thompson ◽  
Jeffrey D. Schall
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Search Efficiency ◽  
Response Preparation

Converging Evidence That Neural Plasticity Underlies Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-157
Author(s):  
Chong Zhao ◽  
Geoffrey F. Woodman
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Direct Current ◽  
Neural Plasticity ◽  
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Visual Stream ◽  
Direct Current Stimulation ◽  
The Brain

It is not definitely known how direct-current stimulation causes its long-lasting effects. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the long time course of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) is because of the electrical field increasing the plasticity of the brain tissue. If this is the case, then we should see tDCS effects when humans need to encode information into long-term memory, but not at other times. We tested this hypothesis by delivering tDCS to the ventral visual stream of human participants during different tasks (i.e., recognition memory vs. visual search) and at different times during a memory task. We found that tDCS improved memory encoding, and the neural correlates thereof, but not retrieval. We also found that tDCS did not change the efficiency of information processing during visual search for a certain target object, a task that does not require the formation of new connections in the brain but instead relies on attention and object recognition mechanisms. Thus, our findings support the hypothesis that direct-current stimulation modulates brain activity by changing the underlying plasticity of the tissue.

scholarly journals Visual Search Efficiency for Features in Chernoff Faces

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 689-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Siva ◽  
A. Chaparro ◽  
D. Nguyen ◽  
E. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Search Efficiency

Drawn to Distraction: Anxiety Impairs Neural Suppression of Known Distractor Features in Visual Search

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Christine Salahub ◽  
Stephen M. Emrich
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Attentional Control ◽  
Template Matching ◽  
Time Course ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Guided Search ◽  
Distractor Processing ◽  
Search And Destroy

Abstract When searching for a target, it is possible to suppress the features of a known distractor. This suppression may prevent distractor processing altogether or only after the distractor initially captures attention (i.e., search and destroy). However, suppression may be impaired in individuals with attentional control deficits, such as in high anxiety. In this study (n = 48), we used ERPs to examine the time course of attentional enhancement and suppression when participants were given pretrial information about target or distractor features. Consistent with our hypothesis, we found that individuals with higher levels of anxiety had lower neural measures of suppressing the template-matching distractor, instead showing enhanced processing. These findings indicate that individuals with anxiety are more likely to use a search-and-destroy mechanism of negative templates—highlighting the importance of attentional control abilities in distractor-guided search.

scholarly journals Functional brain organization for visual search in ASD

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 990-1003 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRANDON KEEHN ◽  
LAURIE BRENNER ◽  
ERICA PALMER ◽  
ALAN J. LINCOLN ◽  
RALPH-AXEL MÜLLER
Keyword(s):  
Visual Search ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Neural Mechanisms ◽  
Search Efficiency ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Brain Organization ◽  
Activation Patterns ◽  
Set Size ◽  
Functional Brain Organization

AbstractAlthough previous studies have shown that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) excel at visual search, underlying neural mechanisms remain unknown. This study investigated the neurofunctional correlates of visual search in children with ASD and matched typically developing (TD) children, using an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging design. We used a visual search paradigm, manipulating search difficulty by varying set size (6, 12, or 24 items), distractor composition (heterogeneous or homogeneous) and target presence to identify brain regions associated with efficient and inefficient search. While the ASD group did not evidence accelerated response time (RT) compared with the TD group, they did demonstrate increased search efficiency, as measured by RT by set size slopes. Activation patterns also showed differences between ASD group, which recruited a network including frontal, parietal, and occipital cortices, and the TD group, which showed less extensive activation mostly limited to occipito-temporal regions. Direct comparisons (for both homogeneous and heterogeneous search conditions) revealed greater activation in occipital and frontoparietal regions in ASD than in TD participants. These results suggest that search efficiency in ASD may be related to enhanced discrimination (reflected in occipital activation) and increased top-down modulation of visual attention (associated with frontoparietal activation). (JINS, 2008, 14, 990–1003.)

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