Most objects in our environment are organized hierarchically with a global whole embedding its local parts, but the way we recognize these features remains unclear. Using a visual masking paradigm, we examined the temporal dissociation between global and local feature as proposed in Reverse Hierarchy Theory, RHT (Ahissar & Hochstein, 2000), where global and local information are assumed to be processed, respectively, by feed-forward and feedback systems. We found that in a long Stimulus Onset Asynchrony (SOA) condition, both global and local information were recognized adequately. However, in a short SOA condition, global information was recognized correctly while local recognition was critically disrupted. Consistent with RHT, it is suggested that local information is processed in a feedback system; this processing is then interrupted by the mask stimulus presented later at the primary visual area. Global information, by contrast, is transferred via a feed-forward system, and is not disrupted by the mask.
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