AUTHOR=Herzog Michael, Otto Thomas, Ögmen Haluk TITLE=The Fate of Visible Features of Invisible Elements JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=3 YEAR=2012 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00119 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00119 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=To investigate the integration of features, we have developed a paradigm in which an element is rendered invisible by visual masking. Still, the features of the element are visible as part of other display elements presented at different locations and times (sequential metacontrast). In this sense, we can “transport” features non-retinotopically across space and time. The features of the invisible element integrate with features of other elements if and only if the elements belong to the same spatio-temporal group. The mechanisms of this kind of feature integration seem to be quite different from classical mechanisms proposed for feature binding. We propose that feature processing, binding, and integration occur concurrently during processes that group elements into wholes.