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Gradedness of visual awareness depends on attentional scope: Global perception is more graded than local perception |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, India;2. Derpartment of Cognitive Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India;1. Consciousness Lab, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland;2. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Katowice Faculty of Psychology, Katowice, Poland;1. Consciousness Lab, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland;2. Warsaw School of Social Science and Humanities, Faculty in Katowice, Poland;3. School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom;4. Consciousness, Cognition and Computation Group, Center for Research in Cognition & Neurosciences, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium;1. School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel;2. Psychologische Hochschule Berlin (PHB), Berlin, Germany;3. Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Israel;1. Consciousness Lab, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland;2. Consciousness, Cognition and Computation Group, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium;3. Warsaw School of Social Science and Humanities, Faculty in Katowice, Poland |
| Abstract: | The gradedness or discreteness of our visual awareness has been debated. Here, we investigate the influence of spatial scope of attention on the gradedness of visual awareness. We manipulated scope of attention using hierarchical letter-based tasks (global: broad scope; local: narrow scope). Participants reported the identity of a masked hierarchical letter either at the global level or at the local level. We measured subjective awareness using the perceptual awareness scale ratings and objective performance. The results indicate more graded visual awareness (lesser slope for the awareness rating curve) at the global level compared to the local level. Graded perception was also observed in visibility ratings usage with global level task showing higher usage of the middle PAS ratings. Our results are in line with the prediction of level of processing hypothesis and show that global/local attentional scope and contextual endogenous factors influence the graded nature of our visual awareness. |
| Keywords: | Consciousness Visual awareness Levels of processing Spatial scope of attention Gradedness of consciousness Global and local processing |
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