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Is early visual processing attention impenetrable?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Su-Ling Yeh
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10764, Taiwansuling@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
I-Ping Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, National Chung-Cheng University, Chia-Yi 62117, Taiwanpsyipc@ccunix.ccu.edu.tw

Abstract

Pylyshyn's effort in establishing the cognitive impenetrability of early vision is welcome. However, his view about the role of attention in early vision seems to be oversimplified. The allocation of focal attention manifests its effect among multiple stages in the early vision system, it is not just confined to the input and the output levels.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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