How to keep attention from straying: Get engaged! Export

@article{citeulike:3906468, abstract = {10.3758/PBR.16.1.127 Previous research has suggested that the involuntary allocation of spatial attention to salient, irrelevant stimuli (i.e., attentional capture) is prevented when attention is in a focused state (e.g., Yantis \& Jonides, 1990). Recent work has suggested that although focused attention may be to prevent attentional capture by irrelevant stimuli, it is not (e.g., Folk, Leber, \& Egeth, 2002). The present experiments provide evidence that attentional , rather than attentional focusing, prevents capture. Observers performed a rapid serial visual presentation task in which they were asked to identify a target letter defined by color. Peripheral distractors that shared the color of the target produced evidence of attentional capture. This effect was completely eliminated, however, when the peripheral distractor was preceded by a central distractor designed to engage attention on the stream. It is concluded that attentional engagement serves to lock out capture by irrelevant, salient stimuli.}, author = {Folk, Charles L. and Ester, Edward F. and Troemel, Kristof}, citeulike-article-id = {3906468}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.1.127}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pbr.psychonomic-journals.org/content/16/1/127.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://pbr.psychonomic-journals.org/content/16/1/127.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19145022}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19145022}, doi = {10.3758/PBR.16.1.127}, issn = {1069-9384}, journal = {Psychonomic Bulletin \& Review}, keywords = {attention, capture, cue, working\_memory}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {127--132}, posted-at = {2009-01-18 22:07:22}, priority = {5}, title = {How to keep attention from straying: Get engaged!}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.1.127}, volume = {16}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3906468 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3906468 N2 - 10.3758/PBR.16.1.127 Previous research has suggested that the involuntary allocation of spatial attention to salient, irrelevant stimuli (i.e., attentional capture) is prevented when attention is in a focused state (e.g., Yantis & Jonides, 1990). Recent work has suggested that although focused attention may be to prevent attentional capture by irrelevant stimuli, it is not (e.g., Folk, Leber, & Egeth, 2002). The present experiments provide evidence that attentional , rather than attentional focusing, prevents capture. Observers performed a rapid serial visual presentation task in which they were asked to identify a target letter defined by color. Peripheral distractors that shared the color of the target produced evidence of attentional capture. This effect was completely eliminated, however, when the peripheral distractor was preceded by a central distractor designed to engage attention on the stream. It is concluded that attentional engagement serves to lock out capture by irrelevant, salient stimuli. IS - 1 JF - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review SN - 1069-9384 EP - 132 TI - How to keep attention from straying: Get engaged! VL - 16 SP - 127 KW - attention KW - capture KW - cue KW - working_memory AU - Folk, Charles AU - Ester, Edward AU - Troemel, Kristof PY - 2009/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.1.127 ER -