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01-12-2004 | Original Article

Attentional selection during preparation of eye movements

Auteurs: Karine Doré-Mazars, Pierre Pouget, Cécile Beauvillain

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 1-2/2004

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to examine the relationship between visual attention and saccade programming. Participants had to saccade to a letter string and detect a letter change presented briefly before the saccade onset. Hit probability (i.e., correct detection of a letter change in different positions) was taken as a measure of visual attention focus. The first experiment shows that hit probability depends on the actual landing position. These findings argue for a spatial coupling between saccade programming and the orienting of attention. Also, an unfamiliar letter cluster at the beginning captures attention and prevails over the influence of the saccade in preparation. Experiment 2, in which the letter change occurred at different times during the saccade latency, shows that attention shifts and focuses on the saccade target at the expense of the other parts of the stimulus when the motor program is ready to be executed. The theoretical implications of these results are discussed.

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Titel: Attentional selection during preparation of eye movements
Auteurs: Karine Doré-Mazars
Pierre Pouget
Cécile Beauvillain
Publicatiedatum: 01-12-2004
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 1-2/2004
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-003-0166-1

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