Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4036808 | Vision Research | 2005 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
We investigated whether young infants orient reliably towards more salient vs. less salient objects in a visual scene. Subjects were tested with stimuli presented on textured fields, one side showing a target stimulus (a ‘more salient’ or ‘less salient’ texture patch) and the other a background stimulus. Infants typically preferred the more salient, but not the less salient target. Their behaviour depended on the configuration of the background stimulus. In contrast, 3–4 year-old children always showed a preference for the target stimulus, regardless of the configuration of the background. We conclude that both saliency of a target stimulus and its context play a role in early texture segmentation.
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Authors
Ruxandra Sireteanu, Irmgard Encke, Iris Bachert,