High-Level Masking Effects on Perceptual Identification
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2004
Keywords
Cognition, Form perception, Masking, Reading
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2004.01.004
Abstract
The extent to which visual form versus higher-level information is used to identify briefly flashed words is assessed in a perceptual identification task. In this task, a word is briefly flashed, post-masked, and a decision is made between two alternatives. The availability of visual (e.g., case or color) and higher-level information (e.g., abstract letter codes, phonology, and meaning) was manipulated by varying the information that discriminates the alternatives. Performance was better with higher-level than with visual information when pattern post-masks were used, but the reverse occurred without masking. The authors conclude that both higher-level and visual-form information can be used to identify words with the strategy depending on the information available at the time of the choice.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Vision Research, v. 44, issue 12, p. 1427-1436
Scholar Commons Citation
Sanborn, Adam N.; Malmberg, Kenneth J.; and Shiffrin, Richard M., "High-Level Masking Effects on Perceptual Identification" (2004). Psychology Faculty Publications. 1697.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/1697
