Journal article
Rewards shape attentional search modes
Visual cognition, Vol.23(7), pp.847-851
08/09/2015
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2015.1093235
Abstract
Visual attention can be configured for specific stimulus features (feature search mode) or it can be non-specifically set for salient pop-outs (singleton detection mode). Additionally, monetary rewards have been shown to bias attention toward specific features, but it is unknown whether secondary reinforcers (images of US$) can shape global attention via search modes. In a between-group study, we trained participants to value one search mode over the other. In a testing phase, a salient distractor captured the attention of the value-singleton group; however, the value feature group was completely unaffected. This suggests that rewards automatically bias global attention mechanisms and potentially mediate the handoff between stimulus-driven and goal-directed attentional control.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rewards shape attentional search modes
- Creators
- Zachary J. J Roper - Department of Psychology, University of IowaShaun P Vecera - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Visual cognition, Vol.23(7), pp.847-851
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/13506285.2015.1093235
- ISSN
- 1350-6285
- eISSN
- 1464-0716
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/09/2015
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Honors Program; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; University College Courses
- Record Identifier
- 9984066147402771
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