Abstract
Similarity between target and irrelevant level in global and local processing of hierarchical stimuli. The aim of the present experiment is to analyze the effect of the similarity between the target and irrelevant level in the processing of global and local features of a hierarchical stimulus. Two levels of similarity, 50% and 75%, were used on the basis of the amount of the shared contour, using circles (target), semicircle (similarity of 50%) and partial circle (similarity of 75%) as a figures, having found local precedence in both similarity conditions. This finding is opposite to those of previous experiments in which global precedence was found with concentric stimuli, but they may be explained on the basis of differences in characteristics of stimulus pattern, exposure duration and type of task.
