The relationship between perception and attention is complex. Perception sometimes can be achieved without attention while other times attention is required. As perception of most visual stimuli require multiple contingent processes, attention can be required for some of them but not others.
The question of whether or not attention is required for a certain process was addressed by a few studies, using the inattention paradigm. In this paradigm, the observer performs a visual task that is difficult enough to absorb their attention, leaving the rest of the visual field unattended.
We investigated whether attention is required for the resolution of the competition between conflicting grouping cues. Participants performed a demanding change-detection task on a small matrix presented on a backdrop composed of two organizations …
Previous studies provided evidence in support of attention operating in three-dimensional space, and the iterative and multi-stage nature of organizational processes in relation to attention and depth. We investigated depth perception and attentional …
The Ebbinghaus illusion is argued to be a product of low-level contour interactions or a higher cognitive comparison process. We examined the effect of grouping on the illusion by manipulating objecthood, i.e., the degree to which an object is a …
Previous studies on the role of attention in perceptual grouping have yielded contradicting findings, some suggesting that grouping requires attention and others indicating that it does not. Kimchi and Razpurker-Apfeld (Psychonomic Bulletin and …