Looming Motion Primes the Visuomotor System.

A wealth of evidence now shows that human and animal observers display greater sensitivity to objects that move toward them than to objects that remain static or move away. Increased sensitivity in humans is often evidenced by reaction times that increase in rank order from looming, to receding, to...

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Publicado en:Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception & Performance Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 566 - 580
Autores principales: Skarratt, Paul A., Cole, Geoff G., Gellatly, Angus R. H., Pilling, Michael, Hulleman, Johan
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Publicado: American Psychological Association Apr2014
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          University of Hull
          University of Essex
          Oxford Brookes University
          Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology, Research (A*Star), Singapore
          University of Manchester
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      ab: A wealth of evidence now shows that human and animal observers display greater sensitivity to objects that move toward them than to objects that remain static or move away. Increased sensitivity in humans is often evidenced by reaction times that increase in rank order from looming, to receding, to static targets. However, it is not clear whether the processing advantage enjoyed by looming motion is mediated by the attention system or the motor system. The present study investigated this by first examining whether sensitivity is to looming motion per se or to certain monocular or binocular cues that constitute stereoscopic motion in depth. None of the cues accounted for the looming advantage. A perceptual measure was then used to examine performance with minimal involvement of the motor system. Results showed that looming and receding motion were equivalent in attracting attention, suggesting that the looming advantage is indeed mediated by the motor system. These findings suggest that although motion itself is sufficient for attentional capture, motion direction can prime motor responses.
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