Distractor Devaluation Effect in the Attentional Blink: Direct Evidence for Distractor Inhibition

Autor/inn/en	Kihara, Ken; Yagi, Yoshihiko; Takeda, Yuji; Kawahara, Jun I.
Titel	Distractor Devaluation Effect in the Attentional Blink: Direct Evidence for Distractor Inhibition
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37 (2011) 1, S.168-179 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
DOI	10.1037/a0019948
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Inhibition; Eye Movements; Visual Stimuli; Experimental Psychology; Attention; Adults; Foreign Countries; Priming; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Hemmung; Augenbewegung; Experimentelle Psychologie; Aufmerksamkeit; Ausland
Abstract	When two targets (T1 and T2) are embedded in rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP), T2 is often missed (attentional blink, AB) if T2 follows T1 by less than 500 ms. Some have proposed that inhibition of a distractor following T1 contributes to the AB, but no direct evidence supports this proposal. This study examined distractor inhibition by assessing a distractor devaluation effect where inhibited items were evaluated less positively than controls. Experiments 1 and 2 showed that a distractor presented just after T1 was evaluated less favorably when T2 was misidentified, independently of stimulus characteristics. Experiment 3 produced distractor devaluation in T2 incorrect trials when the evaluated distractor was the second item after T1. In contrast, a distractor presented before T1 was not devaluated (Experiment 4). Experiment 5 demonstrated that participants could not recognize presented distractors after an RSVP task, rejecting the possibility that memorized distractors were devalued. Results show a relationship between the devaluation of distractors following T1 and the AB, providing the first direct evidence of the distractor inhibition during the AB. (Contains 3 tables and 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10