Exploring "fringe" consciousness: The subjective experience of perceptual fluency and its objective bases

Consciousness and Cognition 13 (1):47-60 (2004)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Perceptual fluency is the subjective experience of ease with which an incoming stimulus is processed. Although perceptual fluency is assessed by speed of processing, it remains unclear how objective speed is related to subjective experiences of fluency. We present evidence that speed at different stages of the perceptual process contributes to perceptual fluency. In an experiment, figure-ground contrast influenced detection of briefly presented words, but not their identification at longer exposure durations. Conversely, font in which the word was written influenced identification, but not detection. Both contrast and font influenced subjective fluency. These findings suggest that speed of processing at different stages condensed into a unified subjective experience of perceptual fluency

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive

    This entry is not archived by us. If you are the author and have permission from the publisher, we recommend that you archive it. Many publishers automatically grant permission to authors to archive pre-prints. By uploading a copy of your work, you will enable us to better index it, making it easier to find.

    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 105,131

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Processing Fluency as the Source of Experiences at the Fringe of Consciousness.Rolf Reber, Tedra Fazendeiro & Piotr Winkielman - 2002 - PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research On Consciousness 8.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
80 (#281,165)

6 months
5 (#862,430)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author Profiles

Thomas E. Zimmermann
Goethe University Frankfurt
Rolf Reber
University of Oslo