On the origin of visual temporal-order perception by means of attentional selection / by Jan Tünnermann. Advised by Prof. Dr. Ingrid Scharlau. Paderborn, 2016
Inhalt
- Contents
- Synopsis
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Temporal Order: Physical, Psychological, Philosophical?
- 1.2 Temporal-Order Perception: A Result of Attentional Selection?
- 1.3 Prior Entry and Unasked Questions
- 1.4 Structure of This Thesis
- 2 Attention And Temporal-order Perception
- 2.1 The Locus of Attentional Selection
- 2.2 Selective Attention
- 2.3 Visual Attention Resources and Limited Memory Systems
- 2.4 Manipulating Visual Attention: Cueing
- 2.4.1 Cueing Locations
- 2.4.2 Costs and Benefits
- 2.4.3 Symbolic and Peripheral Cues
- 2.4.4 The Time Course of Cueing Effectiveness
- 2.5 Attention in Controlled Parallel Processing
- 2.6 Attention and the Perception of Time
- 3 TVA – A Mathematical Model of Visual Attention
- 4 Modeling Attention in Temporal-Order Judgments
- 4.1 The Temporal-Order Judgment Paradigm
- 4.2 Traditional Psychometric Modeling of TOJ data
- 4.2.1 Fitting TOJ Data with Arbitrary Psychometric Functions
- 4.2.2 Mechanistic Attention Models to Explain Prior Entry
- 4.3 A General Model for TOJs: Progressing in Independent Channels
- 4.4 The Temporal Profile Model
- 4.5 Model-Based Assessment of Attention-Influenced Temporal Order Perception
- 4.5.1 Schneider & Bavelier's Model with Normally Distributed Arrival Times
- 4.5.2 García-Pérez and Alcalá-Quintana's Model with Exponentially Distributed Arrival Times
- 4.6 The Proposed TVA-Based Model of Temporal Order Perception
- 5 Experiments
- 5.1 Does Attention Speed Up Processing? (Manuscript A)
- 5.1.1 Introduction and Rationale
- 5.1.2 Experiment 1
- 5.1.3 Experiment 2
- 5.1.4 Discussion
- 5.1.5 Conclusion
- 5.2 Attention and Visual Processing Speed (Manuscript B)
- 5.2.1 Introduction and Rationale
- 5.2.2 Experiment 3
- 5.2.3 Experiment 4
- 5.2.4 Experiment 5
- 5.2.5 Discussion
- 5.2.6 Conclusion
- 5.3 Peripheral Visual Cues: Fate and Effects (Manuscript C)
- 5.3.1 Introduction and Rationale
- 5.3.2 Experiment 6
- 5.3.3 Experiment 7
- 5.3.4 Discussion
- 5.3.5 Conclusion
- 5.4 Resetting the Race (Unpublished Experiments)
- 6 General Discussion and Conclusion
- 6.1 Summary
- 6.2 Revisiting Central Assumptions
- 6.2.1 The ``VSTM Comparator'' Assumption
- 6.2.2 The ``Time Attribute'' Decision Mechanism Alternative
- 6.2.3 Stimulus Encoding: Exponential Race vs. Drift Diffusion
- 6.3 TVA in Sequential Displays: The Dynamics of Resource Distribution
- 6.4 Applications of TOJs to Estimate TVA Parameters
- 6.4.1 TVA Parameters for Almost Arbitrary Stimuli
- 6.4.2 TVA-Based TOJ Analysis in Animal Perception Studies
- 6.4.3 TOJs in Dynamic Environments
- 6.5 Conclusion
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acronyms
- Appendix to the Synopsis
- A Converting arrival latencies to TVA rates
- B Large Tables
- C Zusammenfassung auf deutsch (German Summary)
- Bibliography
- Original Manuscripts