[Significance of the cognitive context in formation of unconscious visual sets]

Full Abstract

The experimental evidence that the cognitive set shifting in healthy humans depends on the context of cognitive performance is discussed. Lability/rigidity of the experimentally formed unconscious visual set is largely determined by the type of additional task ("what?" or "where?", i. e., stimulus recognition or spatial localization, respectively) introduced into the context of the experiment. It is suggested that the acquired set more readily shifts to a new one more adequate to modified conditions in case of alternation of the ventral and dorsal visual pathways involved in the information processing in the context of cognitive performance.

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Author information

Author/s: Kostandov, E A (EA);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article; Review

Journal: Rossiiskii fiziologicheskii zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova / Rossiiskaia akademiia nauk (Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova), published in Russia (Federation). (Language: rus)

Reference: 2006-Feb; vol 92 (issue 2) : pp 164-77

Dates: Created 2006/06/02; Completed 2006/07/21; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16739650, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Brain - physiology
Brain Mapping
Cognition - physiology
Humans

Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology
Set (Psychology)
Visual Pathways - physiology
Visual Perception - physiology

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