Saliency and context play a role in infants脙脙脙脙脙脙 texture segmentation

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• 作者：Sireteanu ; Ruxandra ; Encke ; Irmgard ; Bachert ; Iris
• 关键词：Infants ; Texture segmentation ; Saliency ; Context
• 刊名：Vision Research
• 出版年：2005
• 期刊代码：268_00426989
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：July, 2005
• 卷：45
• 期：16
• 页码：2161-2176
• 文件大小：335 K

摘要

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.