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Article: Delayed pointing movements to masked Müller-Lyer figures are affected by target size but not the illusion

TitleDelayed pointing movements to masked Müller-Lyer figures are affected by target size but not the illusion
Authors
KeywordsAllocentric information
Delayed action
Egocentric information
Müller-Lyer illusion
Vision for action
Vision for perception
Visual masking
Issue Date2011
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/neuropsychologia
Citation
Neuropsychologia, 2011, v. 49 n. 7, p. 1903-1909 How to Cite?
AbstractThere is ongoing debate with respect to interpretation of the finding that, in contrast to perceptual size judgments, actions are relatively unaffected by the Müller-Lyer illusion. In normal unrestricted viewing situations observers cannot perform an action directed at an object without simultaneously perceiving the object - this makes it difficult to unequivocally establish whether observed effects are a function of vision for perception, vision for action, a combination of both, or of a single all-purpose visual system. However, there is evidence that observers are capable of performing actions towards objects of which they are not consciously aware, implying that two distinct visual thresholds may exist; one accompanying vision for action and one accompanying vision for perception. To investigate this possibility we created a situation in which visual information was presented below the perception threshold, but above the purported action threshold, allowing examination of action responses independent of contributions from vision for perception. Following a perceptual categorization task, participants performed delayed pointing movements towards briefly exposed masked Müller-Lyer targets of different sizes. When the targets were presented below the perception threshold, participants were unable to discriminate between them, yet their delayed pointing movements were affected by target size (but not the illusion). The results imply that vision for action is functional even after a delay and/or that the pickup of egocentric information is associated with a lower visual threshold than the pickup of allocentric information. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/176073
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.956
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dc.contributor.authorVan Der Kamp, Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorMasters, RSWen_US
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dc.date.available2012-11-26T09:04:51Z-
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.identifier.citationNeuropsychologia, 2011, v. 49 n. 7, p. 1903-1909en_US
dc.identifier.issn0028-3932en_US
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dc.description.abstractThere is ongoing debate with respect to interpretation of the finding that, in contrast to perceptual size judgments, actions are relatively unaffected by the Müller-Lyer illusion. In normal unrestricted viewing situations observers cannot perform an action directed at an object without simultaneously perceiving the object - this makes it difficult to unequivocally establish whether observed effects are a function of vision for perception, vision for action, a combination of both, or of a single all-purpose visual system. However, there is evidence that observers are capable of performing actions towards objects of which they are not consciously aware, implying that two distinct visual thresholds may exist; one accompanying vision for action and one accompanying vision for perception. To investigate this possibility we created a situation in which visual information was presented below the perception threshold, but above the purported action threshold, allowing examination of action responses independent of contributions from vision for perception. Following a perceptual categorization task, participants performed delayed pointing movements towards briefly exposed masked Müller-Lyer targets of different sizes. When the targets were presented below the perception threshold, participants were unable to discriminate between them, yet their delayed pointing movements were affected by target size (but not the illusion). The results imply that vision for action is functional even after a delay and/or that the pickup of egocentric information is associated with a lower visual threshold than the pickup of allocentric information. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/neuropsychologiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofNeuropsychologiaen_US
dc.subjectAllocentric information-
dc.subjectDelayed action-
dc.subjectEgocentric information-
dc.subjectMüller-Lyer illusion-
dc.subjectVision for action-
dc.subjectVision for perception-
dc.subjectVisual masking-
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshCuesen_US
dc.subject.meshData Interpretation, Statisticalen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIllusions - Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.meshJudgmenten_US
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dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshMovement - Physiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshPerceptual Maskingen_US
dc.subject.meshPhotic Stimulationen_US
dc.subject.meshPsychomotor Performance - Physiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshVisual Perception - Physiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshYoung Adulten_US
dc.titleDelayed pointing movements to masked Müller-Lyer figures are affected by target size but not the illusionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.03.017en_US
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