Psychophysical Tests of the Hypothesis of a Bottom-Up Saliency Map in Primary Visual Cortex (original) (raw)
Figure 6
Illustration of Pomerantz's Configuration Superiority Effect
The triangle is easier to detect among the three arrow shapes in the composite stimulus, than the left-tilted bar among the right-tilted bars in the original stimulus. Identical shape of the target and distractor bars in the original stimulus could lead to confusion and longer RT.