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Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research 3/2010

01-05-2010 | Original Article

Switching attention between modalities: further evidence for visual dominance

Auteurs: Sarah Lukas, Andrea M. Philipp, Iring Koch

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 3/2010

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Abstract

The present study examined cross-modal selective attention using a task-switching paradigm. In a series of experiments, we presented lateralized visual and auditory stimuli simultaneously and asked participants to make a spatial decision according to either the visual or the auditory stimulus. We observed consistent cross-modal interference in the form of a spatial congruence effect. This effect was asymmetrical, with higher costs when responding to auditory than to visual stimuli. Furthermore, we found stimulus-modality-shift costs, indicating a persisting attentional bias towards the attended stimulus modality. We discuss our findings with respect to visual dominance, directed-attention accounts, and the modality-appropriateness hypothesis.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Switching attention between modalities: further evidence for visual dominance
Auteurs
Sarah Lukas
Andrea M. Philipp
Iring Koch
Publicatiedatum
01-05-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-009-0246-y

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