Effects of salience are long-lived and stubborn.

Constant, Martin; Liesefeld, Heinrich René

doi:10.1037/xge0001420

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“…Taken together, these findings suggest that the efficiency of distractor filtering-as indexed by the P D component-is of crucial relevance for controlling access to VWM and that interindividual differences in this ability are related to VWM performance (see also Awh & Vogel, 2008;Vogel et al, 2005). Thus, the P D is highly relevant for basic and applied research, because the mechanisms it indexes have a much more profound and long-lasting impact on human cognition than via fleeting attention allocations alone (see also Constant & Liesefeld, 2023).…”

Section: By Heinrich R Liesefeld and Dominique Lamymentioning

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The Distractor Positivity Component and the Inhibition of Distracting Stimuli

Gaspelin,

Lamy,

Egeth

et al. 2023

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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There has been a long-lasting debate about whether salient stimuli, such as uniquely colored objects, have the ability to automatically distract us. To resolve this debate, it has been suggested that salient stimuli do attract attention but that they can be suppressed to prevent distraction. Some research supporting this viewpoint has focused on a newly discovered ERP component called the distractor positivity (PD), which is thought to measure an inhibitory attentional process. This collaborative review summarizes previous research relying on this component with a specific emphasis on how the PD has been used to understand the ability to ignore distracting stimuli. In particular, we outline how the PD component has been used to gain theoretical insights about how search strategy and learning can influence distraction. We also review alternative accounts of the cognitive processes indexed by the PD component. Ultimately, we conclude that the PD component is a useful tool for understanding inhibitory processes related to distraction and may prove to be useful in other areas of study related to cognitive control.

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Section: By Heinrich R Liesefeld and Dominique Lamymentioning

confidence: 93%

The Distractor Positivity Component and the Inhibition of Distracting Stimuli

Gaspelin,

Lamy,

Egeth

et al. 2023

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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The interaction of top–down and bottom–up attention in visual working memory

Zheng,

Sun,

et al. 2024

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Understanding the interplay between top–down and bottom–up attention in visual working memory (VWM) is crucial, although the specific challenges arising from this interaction remain ambiguous. In this study, we address this complexity by examining how cue informativeness and probe status of the salient items influence this interaction. Through three experiments, we manipulated top–down attention by varying probe frequencies using pre-cues and bottom–up attention by varying the visual salience of memory items. Experiment 1 explored cue informativeness at 100% and 50%, while Experiments 2 and 3 maintained cue informativeness at 80% and 50%. Additionally, Experiment 1 tested a few of the salient items, Experiment 2 excluded them, and Experiment 3 tested half of them in each cue condition. Across all experiments, we consistently observed cueing benefits for cue-directed items, albeit with costs to non-cued items. Furthermore, cue informativeness and the probe status of salient items emerged as critical factors influencing the interaction between top–down and bottom–up attention in VWM. These findings underscore the pivotal roles of cue informativeness and salient item relevance in shaping the dynamics of top–down and bottom–up attention within VWM.

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