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Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research 1/2007

01-01-2007 | Original Article

The manifestation of attentional capture: facilitation or IOR depending on task demands

Auteurs: Juan Lupiáñez, María Ruz, María Jesús Funes, Bruce Milliken

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 1/2007

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Abstract

Orienting attention exogenously to a location can have two different consequences on processing subsequent stimuli appearing at that location: positive (facilitation) at short intervals and negative (inhibition of return) at long ones. In the present experiments, we manipulated the frequency of targets and responses associated with them. Results showed that, even at long SOAs, where IOR is usually observed, facilitation was observed for infrequent targets at the same time that IOR was measured for frequent targets. These results are difficult to explain on the basis of either task set modulation of attentional capture or task set modulation of subsequent orienting processes. In contrast, we offer an explanation by which the different cuing effects can be considered as different manifestations of attentional capture on target processing, depending on the task set.
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A different cut-off was used given that RT was quite higher in this experiment.
 
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A similar analysis was performed on the mean RTs in order to study the role of target frequency on the S–R compatibility or Simon effect. This mixed ANOVA treated frequency, S–R compatibility (ipsilateral vs. contralateral), and SOA as within participants variables, and nature of frequency (target-plus-response, i.e., Experiments 1 and 3, vs. target-or-response, i.e., Experiments 2a and 2b) as a between participants variable. The analysis showed a significant Simon effect, F(1, 125)=24.52, MSE=137,888,320.54, P<.0001, which was significantly modulated by Frequency, F(1, 125)=4.20, MSE=20,658.43, P<.05. The Simon effect observed for the frequent targets (23 ms faster RT for ipsilateral than contralateral targets) was reduced to 10 ms for the infrequent targets. However, in contrast to cueing, the modulation of frequency on the Simon effect was independent of the nature of frequency (F<1).
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
The manifestation of attentional capture: facilitation or IOR depending on task demands
Auteurs
Juan Lupiáñez
María Ruz
María Jesús Funes
Bruce Milliken
Publicatiedatum
01-01-2007
Uitgeverij
Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 1/2007
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-005-0037-z

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