Neural correlates of central versus peripheral target detection during complex visual search

Age differences in the useful field of view (UFOV) were assessed during real-world driving using a newly developed car-following protocol. Nineteen young (mean age = 23) and 19 older (mean age = 73) drivers were examined. Peripheral target detection performance declined significantly with age and target eccentricity. However, consistent with several recent studies, no age by target eccentricity interaction was observed. These findings contribute to the validation of the UFOV construct and provide a foundation for better understanding age-related changes in visual attention in the real-world driving domain.

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Effect of nonlinear magnification on peripheral target detection performance

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics ◽

10.1016/j.ergon.2003.12.001 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 473-487 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Rachel C.W Ma ◽

Alan H.S Chan ◽

Alan J Courtney

Keyword(s):

Target Detection ◽

Detection Performance ◽

Peripheral Target

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Neural correlates of reward-driven attentional capture in visual search

Brain Research ◽

10.1016/j.brainres.2013.07.044 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1532 ◽

pp. 32-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Senqing Qi ◽

Qinghong Zeng ◽

Cody Ding ◽

Hong Li

Keyword(s):

Visual Search ◽

Attentional Capture ◽

Neural Correlates

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Neural Correlates of Correct and Errant Attentional Selection Revealed Through N2pc and Frontal Eye Field Activity

Journal of Neurophysiology ◽

10.1152/jn.00604.2010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 104 (5) ◽

pp. 2433-2441 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Richard P. Heitz ◽

Jeremiah Y. Cohen ◽

Geoffrey F. Woodman ◽

Jeffrey D. Schall

Keyword(s):

Visual Search ◽

Visual Processing ◽

Neural Correlates ◽

Event Related Potential ◽

Covert Attention ◽

Extrastriate Cortex ◽

False Alarms ◽

Frontal Eye Field ◽

Physiological Basis ◽

Eye Field

The goal of this study was to obtain a better understanding of the physiological basis of errors of visual search. Previous research has shown that search errors occur when visual neurons in the frontal eye field (FEF) treat distractors as if they were targets. We replicated this finding during an inefficient form search and extended it by measuring simultaneously a macaque homologue of an event-related potential indexing the allocation of covert attention known as the m-N2pc. Based on recent work, we expected errors of selection in FEF to propagate to areas of extrastriate cortex responsible for allocating attention and implicated in the generation of the m-N2pc. Consistent with this prediction, we discovered that when FEF neurons selected a distractor instead of the search target, the m-N2pc shifted in the same, incorrect direction prior to the erroneous saccade. This suggests that such errors are due to a systematic misorienting of attention from the initial stages of visual processing. Our analyses also revealed distinct neural correlates of false alarms and guesses. These results demonstrate that errant gaze shifts during visual search arise from errant attentional processing.

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Temporal characteristics of neural activity related to target detection during visual search

NeuroImage ◽

10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.06.034 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 296-306 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Tomoe Hayakawa ◽

Norio Fujimaki ◽

Toshihide Imaruoka

Keyword(s):

Visual Search ◽

Target Detection ◽

Neural Activity ◽

Temporal Characteristics

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Visual search in depth: The neural correlates of segmenting a display into relevant and irrelevant three-dimensional regions

NeuroImage ◽

10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.07.052 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 122 ◽

pp. 298-305 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Katherine L. Roberts ◽

Harriet A. Allen ◽

Kevin Dent ◽

Glyn W. Humphreys

Keyword(s):

Visual Search ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Neural Correlates

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Visual Search: Detection, Identification, and Localization

Perception ◽

10.1068/p210765 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 765-777 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Marc Green

Keyword(s):

Visual Search ◽

Target Detection ◽

Detection And Identification ◽

Display Performance ◽

The Right ◽

Detection And Localization

In two studies, observers searched for a single oblique target in a field of vertical distractors. In one experiment, target detection and identification (left versus right tilt) were compared. In another experiment, detection and localization were compared for the left versus the right half of the display. Performance on all three tasks was virtually identical: if a target could be detected, it could also be identified and localized. A review of previous studies generally supports the conclusion that performance on the three tasks is similar. This argues against current search theories, which rest heavily on data showing differences in identification and localization.

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