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_id: '6093'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The U-shaped metacontrast function may result from the superimposition of
    two monotonic components which reflect the effects of mechanisms similar to the
    peripheral and central processes suggested for backward pattern masking by Turvey
    (Psychol Rev 80:1-52, 1973). In an experiment using the disc-ring paradigm, it
    was demonstrated that the decreasing and increasing branches of the metacontrast
    function are differently affected by the exposure duration of the mask and a task-irrelevant
    stimulus (distractor) appearing in the contralateral visual hemifield. The phenomenal
    representation of masking is different for the two parts of the curve. It is suggested
    that masking in the second part of the masking function, but not in the first,
    is related to the control of visual attention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016
    APA, all rights reserved)
author:
- first_name: Odmar
  full_name: Neumann, Odmar
  last_name: Neumann
- first_name: Ingrid
  full_name: Scharlau, Ingrid
  id: '451'
  last_name: Scharlau
  orcid: 0000-0003-2364-9489
citation:
  ama: Neumann O, Scharlau I. Visual attention and the mechanism of metacontrast.
    <i>Psychological Research</i>. 2007;71(6):626-633.
  apa: Neumann, O., &#38; Scharlau, I. (2007). Visual attention and the mechanism
    of metacontrast. <i>Psychological Research</i>, <i>71</i>(6), 626–633.
  bibtex: '@article{Neumann_Scharlau_2007, title={Visual attention and the mechanism
    of metacontrast.}, volume={71}, number={6}, journal={Psychological Research},
    author={Neumann, Odmar and Scharlau, Ingrid}, year={2007}, pages={626–633} }'
  chicago: 'Neumann, Odmar, and Ingrid Scharlau. “Visual Attention and the Mechanism
    of Metacontrast.” <i>Psychological Research</i> 71, no. 6 (2007): 626–33.'
  ieee: O. Neumann and I. Scharlau, “Visual attention and the mechanism of metacontrast.,”
    <i>Psychological Research</i>, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 626–633, 2007.
  mla: Neumann, Odmar, and Ingrid Scharlau. “Visual Attention and the Mechanism of
    Metacontrast.” <i>Psychological Research</i>, vol. 71, no. 6, 2007, pp. 626–33.
  short: O. Neumann, I. Scharlau, Psychological Research 71 (2007) 626–633.
date_created: 2018-12-10T07:08:43Z
date_updated: 2022-06-07T00:20:12Z
department:
- _id: '424'
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        71'
issue: '6'
keyword:
- visual attention
- metacontrast
- backward pattern masking
- monotonic components superimposition
- Attention
- Contrast Sensitivity
- Humans
- Judgment
- Perceptual Masking
- Visual Perception
- Metacognition
- Visual Contrast
- Visual Attention
- Visual Masking
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://kw.uni-paderborn.de/fileadmin/fakultaet/Institute/psychologie/Kognitive_Psychologie/Publikationen/NeumannScharlau2006VisualAttentionandMetscontrast.pdf
oa: '1'
page: 626 - 633
publication: Psychological Research
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0340-0727
publication_status: published
status: public
title: Visual attention and the mechanism of metacontrast.
type: journal_article
user_id: '42165'
volume: 71
year: '2007'
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