Distractor interference during a choice limb reaching task. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 According to action-centered models of attention, the patterns of distractor interference that emerge in selective reaching tasks are related to the time and effort required to resolve a race for activation between competing target and non-target ...
Matthew Ray +2 more
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Perceptual load-dependent neural correlates of distractor interference inhibition.
PLoS ONE, 2011 BackgroundThe load theory of selective attention hypothesizes that distractor interference is suppressed after perceptual processing (i.e., in the later stage of central processing) at low perceptual load of the central task, but in the early stage of ...
Jiansong Xu +4 more
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Degraded stimulus visibility and the effects of perceptual load on distractor interference [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 In this study we examined whether effects of perceptual load on the attentional selectivity are modulated by degradation of the visual input. According to the perceptual load theory, increasing task difficulty via degradation of stimulus visibility ...
Yaffa eYeshurun, Hadas eMarciano
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Salience-based selection: attentional capture by distractors less salient than the target. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Current accounts of attentional capture predict the most salient stimulus to be invariably selected first. However, existing salience and visual search models assume noise in the map computation or selection process.
Michael Zehetleitner +3 more
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Low level perceptual, not attentional, processes modulate distractor interference in high perceptual Load displays: evidence from neglect/extinction [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 According to perceptual load theory (Lavie, 2005) distractor interference is determined by the availability of attentional resources. If target processing does not exhaust resources (with low perceptual load) distractor processing will take place ...
Carmel eMevorach +3 more
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Endogenous attention modulates attentional and motor interference from distractors: Evidence from behavioral and electrophysiological results. [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 Selective visual attention enhances the processing of relevant stimuli and filters out irrelevant stimuli and/or distractors. However, irrelevant information is sometimes processed, as demonstrated by the Simon effect (Simon & Rudell, 1967).
Elisa eMartín-Arévalo +8 more
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P2-10: Salient Local Targets Receive Higher Interference from Collinear Global Distractors [PDF]
i-Perception, 2012 Salient items usually attract our attention in visual search. A target overlapping with a salient distractor should thus have benefit over that which was non-overlapping.
Ming-Chun Hua, Jingling Li
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Probability cueing of distractor locations:Both intertrial facilitation and statistical learning mediate interference reduction [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Targets in a visual search task are detected faster if they appear in a probable target region as compared to a less probable target region, an effect which has been termed probability cueing.
Harriet eGoschy +5 more
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Anticipatory and reactive mechanisms of habituation to visual distractors [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHuman attention can rapidly habituate to irrelevant and repetitive visual distractors. Although this phenomenon is well-documented in behavioral studies, the neural mechanisms involved remain largely unknown.
Bram Burleson +3 more
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An Examination of Distractor Susceptibility of Prioritized and Unprioritized Information in Visual Working Memory [PDF]
Journal of CognitionThis report presents three behavioral experiments examining how different approaches of attentional prioritization influence distractor susceptibility in visual working memory (WM).
Evie Vergauwe +2 more
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