Cueing spatial attention through timing and probability

Girardi, Giovanna; Antonucci, Gabriella; Nico, Daniele

doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2011.08.010

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“…In other words, since subjects have been cued towards one side and time runs but nothing occurs, the possibility that the unattended location will host the target strengthens while the perceived probability of having received a valid cue weakens. In-line with previous results (Girardi et al, 2013), the inter-trial temporal context (i.e., the different SOA durations in the whole sequence of trials) provides useful information and allows the creation of a precise temporal expectancy. Namely, it identifies a reference interval that marks the point at which in most trials something has to happen.…”

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“…Accordingly, we should detect some time-based strategy modulating the spatial cueing effect (i.e., the difference between invalid and valid trials) in-line with the experimental manipulation participants were exposed to. In favor of this second hypothesis, robust evidence of a time-based strategy has been already demonstrated with invalid cueing, a condition in which the cognitive effort of investing attentional resources can magnify uncertainty when associated to SOA manipulation (Girardi et al, 2013). In that study, we argued that the mechanism regulating deployment of spatial attention relies on the temporal expectancies implicitly conveyed by the experimental setup.…”

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“…In particular, the facilitation provided by an informative spatial cue was found to additionally depend on SOAs' relative frequency, i.e., on temporal contingencies across (rather than within) trials (Girardi, Antonucci, & Nico, 2013). Indeed, a valid spatial cue improved participants' performance only in trials in which target onset was highly predictable because of the higher occurrence of the corresponding SOA.…”

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“…The efficiency with which attention is oriented by directional cues has been shown to be altered also by nonspatial factors, such as duration (Davis & Gibson, 2012), or probability (Girardi et al, 2013) of the SOA. These studies suggest that non-spatial information can influence the voluntary control of spatial attention.…”

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“…In a previous study, we showed that voluntary orienting of attention could be regulated (i.e., switched on/off) within a task according to the relative frequencies of the SOA occurrence (Girardi et al, 2013). Time is a crucial factor for the organization of attentional mechanisms.…”

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Timing the events of directional cueing

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Nico

2014

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To explore the role of temporal context on voluntary orienting of attention, we submitted healthy participants to a spatial cueing task in which cue-target stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs) were organized according to two-dimensional parameters: range and central value. Three ranges of SOAs organized around two central SOA values were presented to six groups of participants. Results showed a complex pattern of responses in terms of spatial validity (faster responses to correctly cued target) and preparatory effect (faster responses to longer SOAs). Responses to validly and neutrally cued targets were affected by the increase in SOA duration if the difference between longer and shorter SOA was large. On the contrary, responses to invalidly cued targets did not vary according to SOA manipulations. The observed pattern of cueing effects does not fit in the typical description of spatial attention working as a mandatory disengaging-shifting-engaging routine. In contrast, results rather suggest a mechanism based on the interaction between context sensitive top-down processes and bottom-up attentional processes.

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Temporal preparation in adults with autistic spectrum disorder: The variable foreperiod effect

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Research suggested the possibility that temporal cognition may be different in autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). Although there are some empirical studies examining timing ability in these individuals, to our knowledge, no one directly assessed the ability to predict when an event will occur. Here, we report a study on implicit temporal preparation in individuals with ASD as indexed by the variable foreperiod (FP) effect. We compared a group of adult ASD participants to a group of typically-developed (TD) controls, for their respective abilities to utilize implicit temporal information in a simple detection task with three different preparatory intervals (FP, short, middle and long). Participants were given a warning tone to signal an imminent stimulus, and asked to press a key as quickly as they could upon detection of the stimulus. Both groups were able to use implicit temporal information, as revealed by both the variable-FP effect (i.e., faster response for targets appearing after a long FP) and asymmetric sequential effects (i.e., slower response in short-FP trials following a previous long-FP trial). The TD group exhibited a faster response in a long-FP trial that was preceded by short-FP one, whereas the ASD group did not, as reflected in their higher percentage of response omissions for a target that appeared later than in the previous trial. The reduced ability of ASD participants to modulate their responses under these conditions might reflect a difficulty in time-based monitoring of stimulus occurrence. Lay SummaryTime-processing may be different in autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). This study addressed the ability to anticipate a relevant stimulus's onset according to predictable interstimulus intervals comparing adults with ASD and typically developed controls. We found that ASD participants did not benefit from temporal preparation when stimulus appeared later than previously attended. This suggests a reduced ability in detecting implicit temporal regularities between events.

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Cueing effect of attention among nurses with different anxiety levels: an EEG study

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Cueing spatial attention through timing and probability

Cited by 11 publications

References 85 publications

Timing the events of directional cueing

Timing the events of directional cueing

Temporal preparation in adults with autistic spectrum disorder: The variable foreperiod effect

Cueing effect of attention among nurses with different anxiety levels: an EEG study

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