Effects of target types and retinal eccentricity on visual search

시각탐색에서 표적 유형과 망막 이심율 효과

  • Published : 2003.09.01

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to investigate effects of target types and retinal eccentricity on the search of a target while both target and background stimuli were static or moving. A visual search task was used in both experiments. The retinal eccentricity was determined by five concentric circles increasing by the unit of 1.6 and the target was different from the background stimuli in either orientation(orientation target) or a distinctive feature(feature target). In Experiment 1 where both the target and background stimuli were presented statically, an interaction between retinal eccentricity arid target type was found. While search time of the orientation target was not affected by the retinal eccentricity, that of the feature target increased as the retinal eccentricity increased. In Experiment 2 where all stimuli were moving, the interaction effect was also found. But the reason was not the same as that in Experiment 1. In the moving condition, while the search time of the orientation target decreased consistently as the retinal eccentricity increased, that of the feature target was not affected by the retinal eccentricity. The implications and limitations of the present results were discussed with respects to the real world situations such as driving cars or flying airplanes.

정지/운동하는 배경자극들 속에서 정지/운동하는 표적을 탐지하는 데 있어서 표적 유형과 망막 이심율의 효과를 알아보기 위해서 두 가지 실험을 수행하였다. 두 실험 모두 시각탐색과제를 사용하였다. 망막 이심율은 1.6$^{\circ}$ 단위로 커지는 5개의 동심원으로 구분하였으며, 표적은 배경자극과 방위차원에서 차이나는 방위 표적과 세부특정에서 차이나는 세부특정 표적이었다. 실험 l에서는 표적과 배경자극이 모두 정지되어있는 상황에서의 탐색을 다루었다. 그 결과 표적 유형과 망막 이심율 사이에 상호작용이 있었다. 정지상황에서 방위 표적은 망막 이심율의 영향을 별로 받지 않는 반면에, 세부특정 표적은 망막 이율이 증가함에 따라서 탐지시간이 일관성 있게 증가하였다. 표적과 배경자극이 모두 운동하는 상황인 실험 2 에서도 둘 사이의 상호작용이 나타냈으나, 그 이유는 실험 1과 극적인 대조를 이루었다. 즉, 운 동 상황에서 방위 표적은 망막 이심율이 증가함에 따라서 탐지시간이 일관성 있게 감소하는 반면, 세부 특징 표적은 망막 이심율의 영향을 거의 받지 않았다. 두 실험의 결과를 항공기나 자동차의 운동과 같은 현실상황과 관련된 합의와 문제점 그리고 향후 연구방향을 논의하였다.

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