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Inhibition in time-based visual selection : strategic or by default?

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Zupan, Zorana, Watson, Derrick G. and Blagrove, Elisabeth (2015) Inhibition in time-based visual selection : strategic or by default? Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Perception and Performance, 41 (5). pp. 1442-1461. 10.1037/a0039499. doi:10.1037/a0039499

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Abstract

The Visual Marking mechanism (Watson & Humphreys, 1997) allows new objects to be prioritized by applying top-down inhibition to a set of previewed distractors, increasing the efficiency of future visual search. However, if this inhibition results in little or no search facilitation, do people continue to apply it or do they strategically withhold it? Here we present six experiments in which we examined how participants control this inhibitory mechanism. Experiments 1 to 3 showed that in difficult search contexts, participants did not modulate the extent to which they applied inhibition based on the proportion of trials in which inhibition would have been useful. This was the case, even when explicitly cued before each trial as to the utility of applying inhibition (Experiment 4). In contrast, when search was conducted in predominantly easy search contexts, there was some evidence that inhibition was applied strategically (Experiments 5 and 6); however, the extent of this control was relatively modest. The findings are discussed in terms of the mechanisms of top-down attentional control and implications for failures of attention in real world contexts

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Visual perception
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Perception and Performance
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISSN: 0096-1523
Official Date: October 2015
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October 2015Published
18 May 2015Accepted
Volume: 41
Number: 5
Page Range: pp. 1442-1461
Article Number: 10.1037/a0039499
DOI: 10.1037/a0039499
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: University of Warwick Vice Chancellor Scholarship
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