{"id":255,"date":"2020-05-13T13:31:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/research-and-scholarship\/?p=255"},"modified":"2020-05-13T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:33:11","slug":"pop-out-without-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/research-and-scholarship\/2020\/05\/13\/pop-out-without-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop-out without Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Name: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Jeffrey Chan&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Jeffrey Chan<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mentor: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Marjan Persuh&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Marjan Persuh<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Abstract: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Pop-out is a visual phenomenon, in which a unique target, embedded among distractor items, is rapidly identified. Because detection of pop-out appears effortless and automatic it has been proposed that pop-out occurs without attention. Experimental evidence however suggests that attention is required to consciously perceive pop-out. On the contrary, strong evidence suggests that grouping, a phenomenon that closely resembles pop-out, occurs without attention. In the proposed project, we will compare pop-out detection with controls that were not included in prior studies. Participants will be required to detect the presence of pop-out in a single task or in combination with an attentionally demanding task. Participants will monitor a rapidly changing stream of letters at the center of display and report the presence of a target letter. During the attentionally demanding task twelve gabors, arranged in an imaginary circle, will be displayed briefly. On half of the trials, one gabor will differ in orientation, causing a visual pop-out. After reporting the target letter, participants will report the presence of pop-out. If pop-out requires attention, performance for pop-out detection should decrease in the presence of attentionally demanding task. Importantly, we will conduct a control experiment, in which only one gabor is displayed. Attention is required for visual perception; comparing performance in a task with a single gabor to a task with multiple gabors will reveal whether attention is required for pop-out itself.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Pop-out is a visual phenomenon, in which a unique target, embedded among distractor items, is rapidly identified. Because detection of pop-out appears effortless and automatic it has been proposed that pop-out occurs without attention. Experimental evidence however suggests that attention is required to consciously perceive pop-out. On the contrary, strong evidence suggests that grouping, a phenomenon that closely resembles pop-out, occurs without attention. In the proposed project, we will compare pop-out detection with controls that were not included in prior studies. Participants will be required to detect the presence of pop-out in a single task or in combination with an attentionally demanding task. Participants will monitor a rapidly changing stream of letters at the center of display and report the presence of a target letter. During the attentionally demanding task twelve gabors, arranged in an imaginary circle, will be displayed briefly. On half of the trials, one gabor will differ in orientation, causing a visual pop-out. After reporting the target letter, participants will report the presence of pop-out. If pop-out requires attention, performance for pop-out detection should decrease in the presence of attentionally demanding task. Importantly, we will conduct a control experiment, in which only one gabor is displayed. Attention is required for visual perception; comparing performance in a task with a single gabor to a task with multiple gabors will reveal whether attention is required for pop-out itself.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/research-and-scholarship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/382\/2020\/05\/BARS2020JeffereyChanPoster-1-Jeffrey-Chan.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"top\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">BARS2020JeffereyChanPoster-1-Jeffrey-Chan<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Jeffrey Chan Mentor: Marjan Persuh Abstract: Pop-out is a visual phenomenon, in which a unique target, embedded among distractor items, is rapidly identified. Because detection of pop-out appears effortless and automatic it has been proposed that pop-out occurs without attention. Experimental evidence however suggests that attention is required to consciously perceive pop-out. 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