TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Upside-down: perceived space affects object-based attention
JO  - Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance
A1  - Papenmeier, Frank
A1  - Meyerhoff, Hauke S.
A1  - Brockhoff, Alisa
A1  - Jahn, Georg
A1  - Huff, Markus
SP  - 1269
EP  - 1274
VL  - 43
IS  - 7
N2  - Object-based attention influences the subjective metrics of surrounding space. However, does perceived space influence object-based attention, as well? We used an attentive tracking task that required sustained object-based attention while objects moved within a tracking space. We manipulated perceived space through the availability of depth cues and varied the orientation of the tracking space. When rich depth cues were available (appearance of a voluminous tracking space), the upside-down orientation of the tracking space (objects appeared to move high on a ceiling) caused a pronounced impairment of tracking performance compared with an upright orientation of the tracking space (objects appeared to move on a floor plane). In contrast, this was not the case when reduced depth cues were available (appearance of a flat tracking space). With a preregistered second experiment, we showed that those effects were driven by scene-based depth cues and not object-based depth cues. We conclude that perceived space affects object-based attention and that object-based attention and perceived space are closely interlinked. (PsycINFO Database Record<br><br>(c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-1523
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000421
ID  - ref1
ER  -