Attentional selection: A salience-based competition for representation

Perception & Psychophysics
J R Mounts

Abstract

The role of salience in localized attentional interference (LAI) was examined. In two experiments, target discrimination performance was measured as a function of the spatial separation between the target and a salient distractor item. In Experiment 1, both the salience of the distractor and that of a target were manipulated. Distractor salience was manipulated via size changes to the distractor, and target salience was manipulated by using unmasked or onset targets. When the target was of low salience, the magnitude of interference from the distractor increased with distractor salience. However, when the target had an abrupt onset, the distractor had no impact on target performance. In Experiment 2, the attentional salience of the distractor was manipulated using a probability manipulation. Displays contained both a target and a color singleton distractor. The color singleton produced LAI when it was predictive of the target location but not when it was unpredictive of the target location. The results of both experiments are consistent with models of competition-based attentional selection.

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Jun 15, 2007·Perception & Psychophysics·Jeffrey R W MountsAndrew M Terech
Jul 9, 2011·Attention, Perception & Psychophysics·Clayton Hickey, Jan Theeuwes
Jan 2, 2007·Acta Psychologica·Jason S McCarleyArthur F Kramer
Dec 25, 2007·Acta Psychologica·Jason S McCarley, Jeffrey R W Mounts

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