Task-irrelevant visual motion and flicker attenuate the attentional blink
Task-irrelevant visual motion and flicker attenuate the attentional blink
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DOI：
10.3758/bf03193969
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发表时间：
2006-08-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Shapiro, Igmron
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作者：
Arend, Isabel;Johnston, Stephen;Shapiro, Igmron
我们正确报告两个顺序呈现的目标的能力下降可以在称为注意力眨眼的强大效应中看到（AB; Raymond、Shapiro和Arnell，1992年）。最近的一份报告（Olivers & Nieuwenhuis，2005）惊人地揭示了当背景音乐中出现非任务要求的音乐时，AB几乎被废除。作者认为，分散注意状态是中介因素。在这里，我们试图扩大发现的一般性，确定任务无关的视觉运动和闪烁也衰减AB。在我们的实验中，AB任务与移动点的背景场一起呈现，这些点可以远离或朝向中心AB任务移动，或者闪烁。在控制条件下，点保持静止。在所有实验条件下，AB衰减，但不同程度的衰减，但在静态条件下没有衰减。我们的研究结果增加了以前的结论的一般性，我们强调一个帐户的基础上的过度分配的注意力。
Our reduced ability to correctly report two sequentially presented targets is seen in the robust effect known as the attentional blink (AB; Raymond, Shapiro, & Arnell, 1992). One recent report (Olivers & Nieuwenhuis, 2005) strikingly reveals the AB to be virtually abolished when non-task-demanding music occurs in the background. The authors suggest that a diffuse attentional state is the mediating factor. Here, we seek to broaden the finding's generality by determining if task-irrelevant visual motion and flicker also attenuate the AB. In our experiments, the AB task was presented together with a background field of moving dots that could move away from or toward the central AB task, or flicker. In the control condition, the dots remained static. The AB was attenuated-though to different degrees-in all experimental conditions, but not in the static condition. Our findings add to the generality of the previous conclusions, and we emphasize an account based on the overallocation of attention.