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Does contextual cuing guide the deployment of attention?
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Kunar, Melina A., Flusberg, Stephen, Horowitz, Todd S. and Wolfe, Jeremy M. (2007) Does contextual cuing guide the deployment of attention? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol.33 (No.4). pp. 816-828. doi:10.1037/0096-1523.33.4.816 ISSN 0096-1523.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.33.4.816
Abstract
Contextual cuing experiments show that when displays are repeated, reaction times to find a target decrease over time even when observers are not aware of the repetition. It has been thought that the context of the display guides attention to the target. The authors tested this hypothesis by comparing the effects of guidance in a standard search task with the effects of contextual cuing. First, in standard search, an improvement in guidance causes search slopes (derived from Reaction Time × Set Size functions) to decrease. In contrast, the authors found that search slopes in contextual cuing did not become more efficient over time (Experiment 1). Second, when guidance was optimal (e.g., in easy feature search), they still found a small but reliable contextual cuing effect (Experiments 2a and 2b), suggesting that other factors, such as response selection, contribute to the effect. Experiment 3 supported this hypothesis by showing that the contextual cuing effect disappeared when the authors added interference to the response selection process. Overall, the data suggest that the relationship between guidance and contextual cuing is weak and that response selection can account for part of the effect.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Visual perception, Distraction (Psychology), Attention -- Research | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance | ||||
Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
ISSN: | 0096-1523 | ||||
Official Date: | 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.33 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 816-828 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1037/0096-1523.33.4.816 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Funder: | National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) |
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