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Feature integration, attention, and fixations during visual search

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2017

Abbas Khani  and
Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar
Abbas Khani
Affiliation:
Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. abbas.khani@unige.ch Visual Cognition Laboratory, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710. mehdi.ordikhani@gmail.com
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Abstract

We argue that mechanistic premises of “item-based” theories are not invalidated by the fixation-based approach. We use item-based theories to propose an account that does not advocate strict serial item processing and integrates fixations. The main focus of this account is feature integration within fixations. We also suggest that perceptual load determines the size of the fixations.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e141
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