Beschreibung
We used contingent attentional capture to investigate whether capture in a given trial n was affected by cue-target position relations in a preceding trial n-1. Typically, attentional capture by a cue facilitates reaction times (RTs) for targets in valid conditions (with cue and target at the same position) relative to invalid conditions (with cue and target at different positions). This validity effect holds for cues with a feature similar to the searched-for target features (i.e., matching cues), but not for cues dissimilar to the searched-for target features (i.e., non-matching cues). We used the widely popular contingent capture paradigm and tested for possible inter-trial effects. Our results indicate that the zero capture effects in non-matching conditions could be the result of averaging across standard cueing effects and inverted cueing effects. Both capture and suppression of capture could contribute to the performance in the non-matching conditions. We also found cueing effect of non-matching cues under certain conditions. This suggests that contingent-capture effects reflect more than capture by pre-experimentally implemented search settings and more than inter-trial priming.In another line of Experiments, we further explore the role of color information during the search for onset targets. We show that cue-target color similarity has a boosting effect on attentional capture by onset cues during search for onset targets. A contingent-capture effect based on a match of the cues onsets to the top-down control settings directed to target onsets was therefore overestimated in past studies. Our results provide further evidence that top-down search sets could be more complex than hitherto thought and be comprised of multiple features.| Zeitraum | 20 Juni 2015 |
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| Ereignistitel | A-Dok Doktorandenworkshop Allgemeine Psychologie |
| Veranstaltungstyp | Seminar/Workshop |
| Ort | Jena, DeutschlandAuf Karte anzeigen |