Friday, October 1, 2010

Biological motion cues trigger reflexive attentional orienting

I just saw the title, but it seems relevant for the people doing biological motion.

 
 

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Publication year: 2010
Source: Cognition, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 29 September 2010
Jinfu, Shi , Xuchu, Weng , Sheng, He , Yi, Jiang
The human visual system is extremely sensitive to biological signals around us. In the current study, we demonstrate that biological motion walking direction can induce robust reflexive attentional orienting. Following a brief presentation of a central point-light walker walking towards either the left or right direction, observers' performance was significantly better on a target in the walking direction compared with that in the opposite direction even when participants were explicitly told that walking direction was not predictive of target location. Interestingly, the effect disappeared when the walker was shown upside-down. Moreover, the reflexive attentional orienting could be extended to motions...

 
 

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