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Illusions of Integration are Subjectively Impenetrable: Phenomenological Experience of Lag 1 Percepts during Dual-target RSVP

Simione, Luca, Akyurek, Elkan, Vastola, Valentina, Raffone, Antonino, Bowman, Howard (2017) Illusions of Integration are Subjectively Impenetrable: Phenomenological Experience of Lag 1 Percepts during Dual-target RSVP. Consciousness and Cognition, 51 . pp. 181-192. ISSN 1053-8100. (doi:10.1016/j.concog.2017.03.004) (KAR id:61353)

Abstract

We investigated the relationship between different kinds of target reports in a rapid serial visual presentation task, and their associated perceptual experience. Participants reported the identity of two targets embedded in a stream of stimuli and their associated subjective visibility. In our task, target stimuli could be combined together to form more complex ones, thus allowing participants to report temporally integrated percepts. We found that integrated percepts were associated with high subjective visibility scores, whereas reports in which the order of targets was reversed led to a poorer perceptual experience. We also found a reciprocal relationship between the chance of the second target not being reported correctly and the perceptual experience associated with the first one. Principally, our results indicate that integrated percepts are experienced as a unique, clear per-ceptual event, whereas order reversals are experienced as confused, similar to cases in which an entirely wrong response was given.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.concog.2017.03.004
Uncontrolled keywords: temporal integration, perceptual awareness, subjective visibility, order errors, RSVP
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Howard Bowman
Date Deposited: 15 Apr 2017 09:26 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 16:08 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/61353 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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