Publications by authors named "Antonia Gergen"
Article Synopsis
- Serial dependence is when people perceive stimuli to be more similar or different from previous stimuli than they actually are, influenced by both sensory interactions and cognitive factors like expectations.
- An experiment tested how expectations affect serial dependence by presenting sequences of gratings that either followed a predictable pattern or varied randomly, revealing that observers were more accurate when stimuli matched their expectations.
- The results showed that responses were biased away from the previous stimulus when expectations were met (repulsive dependence) but biased towards it in unpredictable situations (attractive dependence), highlighting the complex interaction between expectation and stimulus perception.
