Outside-in Processing and the Global Precedence Effect

Author(s):  
Gholamali Amirkhiabani
2008 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Poirel ◽  
Arlette Pineau ◽  
Emmanuel Mellet

1991 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Lovegrove ◽  
Stephen Lehmkuhle ◽  
John A. Baro ◽  
And Ralph Garzia

Author(s):  
Nicolas Poirel ◽  
Arlette Pineau ◽  
Gael Jobard ◽  
Emmanuel Mellet

Numerous studies have demonstrated that the well-known global precedence effect, characterized by a visual bias toward global information, is highly dependent on stimulus characteristics ( Kimchi, 1992 ). Despite the extensive global-local literature, few studies have investigated how interindividual characteristics could affect the global precedence effect. In this framework, we studied the relationship between global-local visual biases and the Group Embedded Figure Test (GEFT), a standardized measure of field dependency. Data from 34 participants were consistent with the idea that an individual’s bias toward the global level is linearly related to his or her degree of field dependence. Given the important role that global-local visual skills play during visuospatial tasks, these results have important implications for future research in this area.


Perception ◽  
10.1068/p5619 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1115-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Rijpkema ◽  
Sandra van Aalderen ◽  
Jens Schwarzbach ◽  
Frans A J Verstraten

Our visual world can be thought of as organised in a hierarchical manner. Studies on hierarchical letter stimuli (a large letter composed of smaller letters) suggest that processing of a visual scene is global to local, a phenomenon known as the global-precedence effect. Elaborating on this global-to-local hypothesis we tested whether global interference will increase with increasing level of globality. For this, we used three-level hierarchical letter stimuli with a global, middle, and local level. When attending to the local level of the stimulus, only the middle level showed an interference effect, whereas the global level did not interfere at all. We argue that, considering the perceptual and attentional contributions to this effect, the hypothesis of global-to-local processing of a visual scene may only hold within a limited spatial attentional window.


Perception ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 956-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Black ◽  
Jennifer L. Stevenson ◽  
Joel P. Bish

The global precedence effect is a phenomenon in which global aspects of visual and auditory stimuli are processed before local aspects. Individuals with musical experience perform better on all aspects of auditory tasks compared with individuals with less musical experience. The hemispheric lateralization of this auditory processing is less well-defined. The present study aimed to replicate the global precedence effect with auditory stimuli and to explore the lateralization of global and local auditory processing in individuals with differing levels of musical experience. A total of 38 college students completed an auditory-directed attention task while electroencephalography was recorded. Individuals with low musical experience responded significantly faster and more accurately in global trials than in local trials regardless of condition, and significantly faster and more accurately when pitches traveled in the same direction (compatible condition) than when pitches traveled in two different directions (incompatible condition) consistent with a global precedence effect. In contrast, individuals with high musical experience showed less of a global precedence effect with regards to accuracy, but not in terms of reaction time, suggesting an increased ability to overcome global bias. Further, a difference in P300 latency between hemispheres was observed. These findings provide a preliminary neurological framework for auditory processing of individuals with differing degrees of musical experience.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Yan Wu ◽  
Qi Li ◽  
Yuanzi Liu

The aim of the reported experiment was to investigate the effects of inhibition of return (IOR) and level-priming on the global precedence effect (GPE). The classical hierarchical stimuli combined with IOR and the level-priming paradigm were used. The participants selectively attended to the global or local features of compound numerals. The results showed that IOR inhibited the response to the global and local features; moreover, the inhibition effect on the perception of the global features was stronger than that of the local features in the stage of inhibitory processing, resulting in the disappearance of GPE. However, level-priming promoted the response to global and local features, and the promotion effect was stronger on local features, leading to the disappearance of GPE as well. These findings suggested that hierarchical processing was affected by IOR and level-priming, which were correlated with selective attention. Thus, it indicated that global precedence could be involved in attentional mechanisms.


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