Journal article
Attentional Spreading in Object-Based Attention
Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance, Vol.34(4), pp.842-853
08/2008
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.4.842
PMID: 18665730
Abstract
The authors investigated 2 effects of object-based attention: the spread of attention within an attended object and the prioritization of search across possible target locations within an attended object. Participants performed a flanker task in which the location of the task-relevant target was fixed and known to participants. A spreading attention account predicts that object-based attention will arise from the spread of attention through an attended object. A prioritization account predicts that there will be a small, if any, object-based effect because the location of the target is known in advance and objects are not required to prioritize the deployment of attentional search. The results suggested that object-based attention operates via the spread of attention within an object.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Attentional Spreading in Object-Based Attention
- Creators
- Ashleigh M Richard - Department of Psychology, University of IowaHyunkyu Lee - Department of Psychology, University of IowaShaun P Vecera - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance, Vol.34(4), pp.842-853
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0096-1523.34.4.842
- PMID
- 18665730
- ISSN
- 0096-1523
- eISSN
- 1939-1277
- Grant note
- name: National Science Foundation, award: BCS 03-39171
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2008
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984066138402771
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