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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2002): |
Implicit scene learning is viewpoint dependent.
Full Abstract
When novel scenes are encoded, the representations of scene layout are generally viewpoint specific. Past studies of scene recognition have typically required subjects to explicitly study and encode novel scenes, but in everyday visual experience, it is possible that much scene learning occurs incidentally. Here, we examine whether implicitly encoded scene layouts are also viewpoint dependent. We used the contextual cuing paradigm, in which search for a target is facilitated by implicitly learned associations between target locations and novel spatial contexts (Chun & Jiang, 1998). This task was extended to naturalistic search arrays with apparent depth. To test viewpoint dependence, the viewpoint of the scenes was varied from training to testing. Contextual cuing and, hence, scene context learning decreased as the angular rotation from training viewpoint increased. This finding suggests that implicitly acquired representations of scene layout are viewpoint dependent.
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Author information
Author/s: Chua, Kao-Ping (KP); Chun, Marvin M (MM);
Affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Journal: Perception & psychophysics (Percept Psychophys), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Jan; vol 65 (issue 1) : pp 72-80
Dates: Created 2003/04/17; Completed 2003/05/14; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12699310, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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