Consciousness is not necessary for visual feature binding

被引:10
作者
Keizer, Andre W. [1 ,2 ]
Hommel, Bernhard [3 ,4 ]
Lamme, Victor A. F. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Amsterdam, Dept Psychol, Brain & Cognit, NL-1018 XA Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Amsterdam Brain & Cognit Inst, NL-1018 XA Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Leiden Univ, Inst Psychol Res, Leiden, Netherlands
[4] Leiden Univ, Leiden Inst Brain & Cognit, Leiden, Netherlands
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Feature binding; Integration; Awareness; Consciousness; EVENT FILES; FEATURE-INTEGRATION; PERCEPTION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; RIVALRY; OBJECT; AREA;
D O I
10.3758/s13423-014-0706-2
中图分类号
B841 [心理学研究方法];
学科分类号
040201 ;
摘要
When visual information enters the brain, it is relayed to different specialized regions, processing features such as shape, color, or motion. And yet, in our conscious experience of a colored, moving shape, all the different features seem to be integrated into one unified percept. Therefore, it has been hypothesized that consciousness and feature binding share an intimate relationship. To study this relationship, we used a paradigm in which the behavioral effects of feature binding can be measured. Using masks, we investigated whether spontaneous binding between the orientation and location of a Gabor patch takes place when the Gabor patch is processed consciously or unconsciously. The results of our study suggest that orientation and location of a visually presented object are automatically integrated, even when subjects are unaware of that object. We conclude that binding and consciousness share a less intimate relationship than previously hypothesized, since consciousness is not a necessary condition for binding to occur.
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页码:453 / 460
页数:8
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