Analysis of the temporal framework of within-object feature selection

Objects typically consist of a variety of features that can selectively be attended to. Object-based theories of attention propose that the selection of one object feature leads to the rapid automatic selection of all other constituent features, regardless of their relevance to the task. Here we used magneten-ephalographical recordings to investigate the temporal framework of within-object feature selection. The neurophysiological correlates indicate that the attentional selection of the feature motion of a moving colored transparent surface within an apperture lead first to the enhanced processing in motion rel…