Shapes

Simple shapes guide visual attention based on their global outline or global orientation contingent on search goals

It is still unclear which features of a two-dimensional shape (e.g., triangle, square) can efficiently guide visual attention. Possible guiding features are edge orientations …

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Markus Grüner

The influence of learned versus instructed target features on attentional control settings [recorded Talk]

In three experiments, we used attention capture effects (of cues) to investigate the emergence of human’s top-down attentional control settings after learning versus verbally …

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Markus Grüner

The emergence of top-down search templates: Instruction vs. reinforcement learning [Poster]

We investigated whether basic shapes can guide visual attention in a goal-directed manner. Participants searched for one specific target shape among different basic shapes (square, …

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Markus Grüner

Basic shapes guide visual attention based on search goals [Poster]

We investigated whether basic shapes can guide visual attention in a goal-directed manner. Participants searched for one specific target shape among different basic shapes (square, …

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Markus Grüner

Shapes and visual attention

In this project, we investigate which features of simple 2D shapes can guide visual attention. Stimuli like color, luminance, or orientation are known to be able to guide visual …