Swift attenuation of irrelevant features through feature consistency: Evidence from a capture-probe version of the contingent-capture protocol

Christian Büsel, Charlotte Maria Seiz, Alexandra Hoffmann, Pierre Sachse, Ulrich Ansorge

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Abstract

In the present two experiments, we explore the possibility of swift attenuation of capture by irrelevant features in the contingent-capture protocol. Some prior research suggests that feature attenuation might be most efficient for fixed, anticipated irrelevant features and that varying irrelevant features from trial to trial can undermine their successful attenuation. Here, we exploited this dependence of attenuation on feature certainty to test if attenuation contributed to contingent-capture effects in a capture-probe version of the contingent-capture protocol. In line with the swift attenuation of irrelevant features, salient but target-dissimilar singleton cues that were consistently coloured diminished recall of probes at their locations. This was in comparison to inconsistently coloured target-dissimilar singleton cues. Nonetheless, probe-recall was still better at target-dissimilar cue locations than at non-singleton locations in the cueing display, indicating attenuation of task-irrelevant features rather than their complete suppression.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)994-1008
Seitenumfang15
FachzeitschriftQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Jahrgang77
Ausgabenummer5
Frühes Online-Datum23 Juni 2023
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Mai 2024

ÖFOS 2012

  • 501011 Kognitionspsychologie

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