A Boolean map theory of visual attention.

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Liqiang Huang,Harold Pashler,

A theory is presented that attempts to answer two questions. What visual contents can an observer consciously access at one moment? Answer: only one feature value (e.g., green) per dimension, but those feature values can be associated (as a group) with multiple spatially precise locations (comprising a single labeled Boolean map). How can an observer voluntarily select what to access? Answer: in one of two ways: (a) by selecting one feature value in one dimension (e.g., selecting the color red) or (b) by iteratively combining the output of (a) with a preexisting Boolean map via the Boolean operations of intersection and union. Boolean map theory offers a unified interpretation of a wide variety of visual attention phenomena usually treated in separate literatures. In so doing, it also illuminates the neglected phenomena of attention to structure.

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L Huang,H Pashler,

For similar psychological phenomena and processes: mental processes: perception: visual perception research abstracts see: psychological phenomena and processes: mental processes: perception: visual perception research

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr

Journal: Psychological review

VOLUME: 114

Page Numbers: 599-631

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ISSN: 0033-295X

DAY: 3

MONTH: Jul

YEAR: 2007

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LANGUAGE: eng

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KEYWORDS: Visual Perception

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AFFILIATION: Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. lhuang@princeton.edu

Country: United States

AGENCY: United States NIMH

GRANT: R01-MH45584

ACRONYM: MH

MEDLINETA: Psychol Rev

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