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Top-down guidance of visual search: A computational account

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Pages 985-1005 | Received 01 May 2006, Published online: 17 Feb 2007
 

Abstract

We present a revised version of the Selective Attention for Identification Model (SAIM), using an initial feature detection process to code edge orientations. We show that the revised SAIM can simulate both efficient and inefficient human search, that it shows search asymmetries, and that top-down expectancies for targets play a major role in the model's selection. Predictions of the model for top-down effects are tested with human participants, and important similarities and dissimilarities are discussed.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by grants from the European Union, the BBSRC, and the EPSRC (UK) to DH and GWH, and by grants from the MRC (UK) to GWH, and from the EPSRC to CLT.

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