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01-03-2009 | Original Article

Visuospatial attention and redundancy gain

Auteurs: Jeff Miller, Daniela Beutinger, Rolf Ulrich

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 2/2009

Abstract

Two experiments investigated the effect of visuospatial attention on redundancy gain in simple reaction time tasks. In each trial participants were given a central arrow cue indicating where a stimulus would most likely be presented (i.e., upper or lower half of the display in Experiment 1; left or right half of the display in Experiment 2). Then, a single stimulus or two redundant stimuli could be presented in either expected or unexpected locations. Replicating previous findings, responses were faster when stimuli appeared in expected rather than unexpected locations, and they were also faster when two redundant stimuli were presented than when only one was. Critically, redundancy gain was statistically equivalent for stimuli in expected and unexpected locations, suggesting that the effect of redundancy gain arises after the perceptual processes influenced by the allocation of visuospatial attention.

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Titel: Visuospatial attention and redundancy gain
Auteurs: Jeff Miller
Daniela Beutinger
Rolf Ulrich
Publicatiedatum: 01-03-2009
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-008-0212-0

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