Objects shown within a stream of visual input are fast to consciousness

What is it about?

This experimental article demonstrates that a visual target object reaches conscious representation faster when it is presented in a stream of spatially overlapping objects (acting as token primes for the target) than when it is presented in isolation.

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Why is it important?

The results support the view that the flash-lag effect is not limited to the conditions of moving objects and/or conditions of non-moving objects changing their feature values, but can be obtained by using any stream of invariant objects. Target flashed in stream enjoys the flash-lead effect whereas target persented in isolation as a newly appearing object demonstrates flash-lag effect.