Testing the top‐down contingent capture of attention for abrupt‐onset cues: Evidence from cue‐elicited N2pc
Autor: | Tobias Schoeberl, Ulrich Ansorge, Florian Goller |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Matching (statistics) Cognitive Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 050105 experimental psychology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Developmental Neuroscience Humans Attention 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Evoked Potentials Biological Psychiatry Endocrine and Autonomic Systems General Neuroscience 05 social sciences Attentional control Electroencephalography Top-down and bottom-up design Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Neurology Salient Abrupt onset Female Cues Psychology N2pc Psychomotor Performance 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
Zdroj: | Psychophysiology. 57 |
ISSN: | 1469-8986 0048-5772 |
DOI: | 10.1111/psyp.13655 |
Popis: | Many studies using N2pc as a marker of attentional capture have demonstrated top-down contingent capture for salient color singletons: Among all salient cues that are not predictive of the target location, only cues similar to searched-for target features, and thus, matching to the top-down attentional control settings capture attention. This is reflected in matching cue's elicitation of an N2pc and a cueing effect in behavior, and the absence of the corresponding effects for non-matching cues (with features dissimilar to that of the searched-for targets). Yet, with abrupt-onset cues, corresponding evidence is missing, inviting speculations about the potential of abrupt-onset cues to capture attention followed by quick suppression within the target displays. Here, we used two types of abrupt-onset cues to test if capture by such cues also adheres to the contingent-capture principle: matching abrupt-onset cues with a color similar to the top-down control settings and non-matching abrupt-onset cues with a color different from all searched-for targets. With the help of these cues, top-down contingent capture was supported. Only matching abrupt-onset cues elicited an N2pc and a behavioral cueing effect. Depending on the exact side conditions, non-matching cues either elicited no N2pc or a PD (i.e., evidence of active suppression). Results are discussed against the background of competing theories on attention capture by abrupt-onset cues. |
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