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dc.contributor.author | Thornton, Ian M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rensink, Ronald A. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-27T08:19:14Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-27T08:19:14Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Thornton, I. M., & Rensink, R. A. (2002). Active versus passive processing of biological motion. Perception, 31(7), 837-853. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/27347 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Johansson's point-light walker figures remain one of the most powerful and convincing examples of the role that motion can play in the perception of form (Johansson, 1973 Perception & Psychophysics 14 201–211; 1975 Scientific American 232(6) 76–88). In the current work, we use a dual-task paradigm to explore the role of attention in the processing of such stimuli. In two experiments we find striking differences in the degree to which direction-discrimination performance in point-light walker displays appears to rely on attention. Specifically, we find that performance in displays thought to involve top – down processing, either in time (experiment 1) or space (experiment 2) is adversely affected by dividing attention. In contrast, dividing attention has little effect on performance in displays that allow low-level, bottom – up computations to be carried out. We interpret these results using the active/passive motion distinction introduced by Cavanagh (1991 Spatial Vision 5 303–309). | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Motion perception (Vision) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Vision | en_GB |
dc.subject | Perception | en_GB |
dc.subject | Multitasking behavior | en_GB |
dc.title | Active versus passive processing of biological motion | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1068/p3072 | - |
dc.publication.title | Perception | en_GB |
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