Visual detection of line segments: an object-superiority effect
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Observers identified a briefly flashed line segment more accurately when it was part of a drawing that looked unitary and three-dimensional than when the line was in one of several less coherent flat designs.
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The Object Superiority Effect is that we perceive and interpret whole objects faster and more effectively than the individual elements that make up these objects.
“An example of our superior perceptual-motor abilities is the Object Superiority Effect: we perceive and interpret whole objects faster and more effective than the (more simple) individual elements that make up these objects (Weisstein and Harris, 1974; McClelland, 1978; Williams and Weisstein, 1978; Pomerantz, 1981).”
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- Authors
- Weisstein, N., & Harris, C. S.
- Affiliations
- Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1974-11-22
- Volume
- 186
- Issue
- 4165
- Pages
- 752-755
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2026041484
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 4.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Keywords
- visual detection, line segments, visual perception, figure-ground perception, 3D perception, visual coherence
- MeSH terms
- Discrimination, Psychological, Fixation, Ocular, Form Perception, Humans, Orientation, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Space Perception
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