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Active manual control of object views facilitates visual recognition

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Harman, Karin L., Humphrey, G.Keith, Goodale, Melvyn A.·1999·Current Biology
DOI 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)80053-6
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Active exploration of large-scale environments leads to better learning of spatial layout than does passive observation [1] [2] [3]. But active exploration might also help us to remember the appearance of individual objects in a scene. In fact, when we encounter new objects, we often manipulate them so that they can be seen from a variety of perspectives. We present here the first evidence that active control of the visual input in this way facilitates later recognition of objects. Observers who actively rotated novel, three-dimensional objects on a computer screen later showed more efficient visual recognition than observers who passively viewed the exact same sequence of images of these virtual objects. During active exploration, the observers focused mainly on the 'side' or 'front' views of the objects (see also [4] [5] [6]). The results demonstrate that how an object is represented for later recognition is influenced by whether or not one controls the presentation of visual input during learning.

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Authors
Harman, K. L., Humphrey, G. K., & Goodale, M. A.
Affiliations
Western University (CA)
Corresponding author
Humphrey, G.Keith
ORCID
Goodale, Melvyn A.
Venue
Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1999-11
Volume
9
Issue
22
Pages
1315-1318
ISSN
0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0960-9822(00)80053-6
OpenAlex
W2147024412
Cited by
184
References
11
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 6
FWCI
5.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Current Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Keywords
active exploration, object recognition, object views, visual attention, virtual objects
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Computer Graphics, Exploratory Behavior, Female, Hand, Humans, Male, Man-Machine Systems, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time, Rotation

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