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    Vision Res. 2003 Jun;43(13):1455-63.

    Visual search is facilitated by scene and sequence familiarity in rhesus monkeys.

    Lee D, Quessy S.

    Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. dlee@cvs.rochester.edu

    Whether searching for targets in a familiar scene leads to improved performance was tested in monkeys. We found that search performance improved for a familiar scene when target locations were always randomized. However, when target locations repeatedly followed a predictable sequence, performance improvement for a familiar scene was manifested only for targets presented in a familiar sequence, suggesting that scene memory might be masked by the learning of target sequences. These results suggest that information about a visual scene can facilitate the performance of visual search, and that this memory is coupled to the learned sequence of target locations.

    PMID: 12767313 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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