Mechanisms of value-learning in the guidance of spatial attention

Cognition
Brian A Anderson, Haena Kim

Abstract

The role of associative reward learning in the guidance of feature-based attention is well established. The extent to which reward learning can modulate spatial attention has been much more controversial. At least one demonstration of a persistent spatial attention bias following space-based associative reward learning has been reported. At the same time, multiple other experiments have been published failing to demonstrate enduring attentional biases towards locations at which a target, if found, yields high reward. This is in spite of evidence that participants use reward structures to inform their decisions where to search, leading some to suggest that, unlike feature-based attention, spatial attention may be impervious to the influence of learning from reward structures. Here, we demonstrate a robust bias towards regions of a scene that participants were previously rewarded for selecting. This spatial bias relies on representations that are anchored to the configuration of objects within a scene. The observed bias appears to be driven specifically by reinforcement learning, and can be observed with equal strength following non-reward corrective feedback. The time course of the bias is consistent with a transient shift of at...Continue Reading

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Jul 31, 2019·British Journal of Psychology·Jingjing ZhaoFeng Kong
Oct 12, 2018·Journal of Neurophysiology·Brian A Anderson, Haena Kim
Jan 24, 2020·Attention, Perception & Psychophysics·Owen J Adams, Nicholas Gaspelin
Feb 6, 2020·Frontiers in Psychology·Sang A Cho, Yang Seok Cho
Jun 14, 2019·Psychological Research·Brian A AndersonAndy Jeesu Kim
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