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View article: Effects of Retro-cue Reliability on Visual Working Memory and Attentional Template Efficiency in Visual Search
Effects of Retro-cue Reliability on Visual Working Memory and Attentional Template Efficiency in Visual Search Open
In the visual search literature, an attentional template refers to a mental representation of target features stored in visual working memory. The dual-state model (Olivers et al., 2011) argues that visual working memory can only be focuse…
View article: A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996)
A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996) Open
The N2pc is widely employed as an electrophysiological marker of an attention allocation. This interpretation was largely driven by the observation of an N2pc elicited by an isolated relevant target object, which was reported as Experiment…
View article: A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996).
A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996). Open
The N2pc is widely employed as an electrophysiological marker of an attention allocation. This interpretation was largely driven by the observation of an N2pc elicited by an isolated relevant target object, which was reported as Experiment…
View article: A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996).
A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996). Open
The N2pc is widely employed as an electrophysiological marker of an attention allocation. This interpretation was largely driven by the observation of an N2pc elicited by an isolated relevant target object, which was reported as Experiment…
View article: A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996).
A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996). Open
The N2pc is widely employed as an electrophysiological marker of an attention allocation. This interpretation was largely driven by the observation of an N2pc elicited by an isolated relevant target object, which was reported as Experiment…
View article: Priming of pop-out in the spatial-cueing paradigm
Priming of pop-out in the spatial-cueing paradigm Open
Searching for a unique target is faster when its unique feature repeats than when it changes. The standard account for this priming-of-popout (PoP) phenomenon is that selecting a target increases the attentional priority of its features in…
View article: Effects of spatial location on distractor interference
Effects of spatial location on distractor interference Open
When target and distractor stimuli are close together, they activate the same neurons and there is ambiguity as to what the neural activity represents. It has been suggested that the ambiguity is resolved by spatial competition between tar…
View article: Do you look longer at attractive faces? It depends on what you are looking for
Do you look longer at attractive faces? It depends on what you are looking for Open
Evolutionary psychology suggests that we are attuned to relevant information in the environment. For example, attention may be attracted by physical beauty because it is important for finding a partner with good reproductive health. Consis…
View article: Dense and uniform displays facilitate the detection of salient targets
Dense and uniform displays facilitate the detection of salient targets Open
Increasing the density or uniformity of nontarget stimuli appears to increase the saliency of singleton stimuli. Consequently, search times should be shorter. Surprisingly, however, effects of density or uniformity on search times were not…
View article: Persistent effects of salience in visual working memory: Limits of cue-driven guidance
Persistent effects of salience in visual working memory: Limits of cue-driven guidance Open
Visual working memory (VWM) is a core cognitive system enabling us to select and briefly store relevant visual information. We recently observed that more salient items were recalled more precisely from VWM and demonstrated that these effe…
View article: Persistent effects of salience in visual working memory: Limits of cue-driven guidance
Persistent effects of salience in visual working memory: Limits of cue-driven guidance Open
Visual working memory (VWM) is a core cognitive system enabling us to select and briefly store relevant visual information. We recently observed that more salient items were recalled more precisely from VWM and demonstrated that these effe…
View article: Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction
Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction Open
Hypothesis-driven research rests on clearly articulated scientific theories. The building blocks for communicating these theories are scientific terms. Obviously, communication – and thus, scientific progress – is hampered if the meaning o…
View article: A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996).
A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996). Open
The N2pc is widely employed as an electrophysiological marker of an attention allocation. This interpretation was largely driven by the observation of an N2pc elicited by an isolated relevant target object, which was reported as Experiment…
View article: A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996).
A multilab investigation into the N2pc as an indicator of attentional selectivity: Direct replication of Eimer (1996). Open
The N2pc is widely employed as an electrophysiological marker of an attention allocation. This interpretation was in no small part driven by the observation of an N2pc elicited by an isolated relevant target object, which was reported as E…
View article: The Distractor Positivity Component and the Inhibition of Distracting Stimuli
The Distractor Positivity Component and the Inhibition of Distracting Stimuli Open
There has been a long-lasting debate about whether salient stimuli, such as uniquely colored objects, have the ability to automatically distract us. To resolve this debate, it has been suggested that salient stimuli do attract attention bu…
View article: The allocation of working memory resources determines the efficiency of attentional templates in single- and dual-target search
The allocation of working memory resources determines the efficiency of attentional templates in single- and dual-target search Open
Attentional templates are representations of target features in working memory (WM). Although two attentional templates can guide visual search in dual-target search, search efficiency is reduced compared with one attentional template in s…
View article: Response bias contributes to distractor suppression in Gaspelin et al.’s (2015) probe letter task
Response bias contributes to distractor suppression in Gaspelin et al.’s (2015) probe letter task Open
Visual attention is often inadvertently captured by salient stimuli. It was suggested that it is possible to prevent attentional capture in some search tasks by suppressing salient stimuli below baseline. Evidence for suppression comes fro…
View article: Does attentional suppression occur at the level of perception or decision-making? Evidence from Gaspelin et al.’s (2015) probe letter task
Does attentional suppression occur at the level of perception or decision-making? Evidence from Gaspelin et al.’s (2015) probe letter task Open
Visual attention is often inadvertently captured by salient stimuli. It was suggested that it is possible to prevent attentional capture in some search tasks by suppressing salient stimuli below baseline. Evidence for attentional suppressi…
View article: The allocation of working memory resources determines the efficiency of attentional templates in single- and dual-target search.
The allocation of working memory resources determines the efficiency of attentional templates in single- and dual-target search. Open
Attentional templates are representations of target features in working memory (WM). Although two attentional templates can guide visual search in dual-target search, search efficiency is reduced compared with one attentional template in s…
View article: Statistical learning in visual search reflects distractor rarity, not only attentional suppression
Statistical learning in visual search reflects distractor rarity, not only attentional suppression Open
In visual search tasks, salient distractors may capture attention involuntarily, but interference can be reduced when the salient distractor appears more frequently on one out of several possible positions. The reduction was attributed to …
View article: Capacity limitations in template-guided multiple color search
Capacity limitations in template-guided multiple color search Open
Visual selection of target objects relies on representations of their known features in visual working memory. These representations are referred to as attentional templates. We asked how the capacity of visual working memory relates to th…
View article: Do we need attentional suppression?
Do we need attentional suppression? Open
Gaspelin and Luck describe the signal suppression hypothesis, which proposes that attentional suppression prevents the capture of visual attention by salient distractors. We will discuss several problems with this proposal. On a theoretica…