The time course of texture segregation was studied for three different measures of segregation (detection, localization and identification of an embedded texture region) under three different raster width conditions (26$ sp prime$, 43$ sp prime$ and 61$ sp prime$ of arc) by using a backward masking paradigm. The masking data were described with an exponential model the parameters of which represent rate of performance improvement and asymptotic performance level. The results indicate that: (1) information supporting localization accrues more rapidly than information supporting identification, (2) increasing element spacing had a more detrimental effect on identification than on localization, (3) under most spacing conditions, performance on detection fell between that for localization and identification. In conclusion, these three widely used texture segregation tasks cannot be considered equivalent measures of a single process. However, comparisons among their respective time courses may enable us to better characterize the mechanisms underlying the segregation process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.69546 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Arsenault, Serge A. |
| Contributors | Wilkinson, Frances (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001335916, proquestno: AAIMM87852, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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