Saliency from the decision perspective [Elektronische Ressource] : inferring the processing architecture of pre-attentive vision with mental chronometry / Michael Zehetleitner

Saliency from the decisionperspective:Inferring the processing architectureof pre-attentive vision with mentalchronometryMichael ZehetleitnerMunc¨ hen 2007Saliency from the decisionperspective:Inferring the processing architectureof pre-attentive vision with mentalchronometryMichael ZehetleitnerDissertationan der Fakult¨at fur¨ Psychologie und P¨adagogikder Ludwig–Maximilians–Universit¨atMunc¨ henvorgelegt vonMichael Zehetleitneraus Kempten im Allg¨auMunc¨ hen, den 2. November 2007Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Hermann J. Muller¨Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Joseph KrummenacherTag der mundlic¨ hen Prufung¨ : 20. Dezember 2007To Norbert Bischof, without whom not.viACKNOWLEDGMENTSNorbert Bischof, in his lectures and in personal communication, ignited my cu-riosity for animal and human psychology and provided me with a psychological andphilosophical framework as footholds for investigating such issues. Additionally hiscybernetic, supported by Felix Tretter’s system theoretical approach influenced mythinking intensly.In particular, I would like to thank my mentor and supervisor of this thesis, Her-mann Muller,¨ for focussing my mind to the art of psychological experimentation andfor providing me with the freedom to pursue very interesting questions answerablewith mental chronometry.