Abstract Visual search is facilitated when display configurations are repeated over time, showing that memory of spatio-configural context can cue the location of the target. The present study investigates whether memory of the search target in relation to the configuration of distractors alters subjective experience of the visual search target and/or the subjective experience of the display configuration. Observers performed a masked localization task for targets embedded in repeated vs. non-repeated (baseline) arrays of distractors items. After the localization response, observers reported their subjective experience of either the target or the display configuration. Bayesian analysis revealed that repeated displays resulted in a stronger visual experience of both targets and display configurations. However, subsequent analysis showed that repeated search displays increased the correlation between the experience of the display configuration and localization accuracy, but there was no such effect on experience of the target stimulus. We suggest that memory of visual context enhances the representation of the current visual search display. This representation improves visual search and at the same time increases observers’ subjective experience of the display configuration.

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视觉搜索的上下文提示与搜索显示配置的更好的主观体验相关联

摘要当显示配置随时间重复出现时，可以方便地进行视觉搜索，这表明时空配置上下文的内存可以提示目标的位置。本研究调查与分散器的配置有关的搜索目标的记忆是否会更改视觉搜索目标的主观体验和/或显示配置的主观体验。观察者对嵌入在干扰项的重复阵列与非重复（基准）阵列中的目标执行了蒙版的本地化任务。定位响应后，观察者报告了他们对目标或显示配置的主观体验。贝叶斯分析表明，重复显示可增强目标和显示配置的视觉体验。然而，随后的分析表明，重复搜索显示会增加显示配置的体验与定位精度之间的相关性，但是对目标刺激的体验没有这种影响。我们建议视觉上下文的记忆可增强当前视觉搜索显示的表示。这种表示改善了视觉搜索，同时增加了观察者对显示配置的主观体验。