Visual attention and temporal discrimination: Differential effects of automatic and voluntary cueing

Hein, Elisabeth; Rolke, Bettina; Ulrich, Rolf

doi:10.1080/13506280500143524

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“…Similar behavioral effects have been reported in the attention literature (e.g., Hein, Rolke, & Ulrich, 2006;Rolke, Ulrich, & Bausenhart, 2006;Shore & Spence, 2005;Shore, Spence, & Klein, 2001;Yeshurun, 2004;Yeshurun & Levy, 2003), where attended regions have the same effects as figures, and researchers have proposed accounts to explain these effects.…”

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A dynamic neural field model of temporal order judgments.

Hecht

Spencer

Vecera

2015

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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Temporal ordering of events is biased, or influenced, by perceptual organization—figure–ground organization—and by spatial attention. For example, within a region assigned figural status or at an attended location, onset events are processed earlier (Lester, Hecht, & Vecera, 2009; Shore, Spence, & Klein, 2001), and offset events are processed for longer durations (Hecht & Vecera, 2011; Rolke, Ulrich, & Bausenhart, 2006). Here, we present an extension of a dynamic field model of change detection (Johnson, Spencer, Luck, & Schöner, 2009; Johnson, Spencer, & Schöner, 2009) that accounts for both the onset and offset performance for figural and attended regions. The model posits that neural populations processing the figure are more active, resulting in a peak of activation that quickly builds toward a detection threshold when the onset of a target is presented. This same enhanced activation for some neural populations is maintained when a present target is removed, creating delays in the perception of the target’s offset. We discuss the broader implications of this model, including insights regarding how neural activation can be generated in response to the disappearance of information.

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A dynamic neural field model of temporal order judgments.

Hecht

Spencer

Vecera

2015

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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“…Accordingly, if temporal preparation increases temporal resolution, TOJ performance should be better in the short foreperiod condition, and as a consequence, smaller JNDs should be obtained. However, unlike in spatial attention studies, in which attention usually is directed to one of the target stimuli and away from the other (Hikosaka et al, 1993;Schneider & Bavelier, 2003;Shore et al, 2001;Stelmach & Herdman, 1991; but see Hein et al, 2006), the two target stimuli are presented within a short time interval after a given foreperiod duration in the present experiment. Thus, within each foreperiod condition, participants should be equally temporally prepared for both target stimuli.…”

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“…This question seems especially interesting in light of studies that have demonstrated that attentional influences on perception are not necessarily beneficial. For example, it has been shown that spatial attention enhances spatial resolution, but can impair processing of temporal stimulus properties (e.g., Hein, Rolke, & Ulrich, 2006;Yeshurun & Levy, 2003). Therefore, in the present study, we addressed the question of whether temporal preparation within a constant foreperiod paradigm enhances the processing of temporal stimulus properties.…”

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Temporal preparation improves temporal resolution: Evidence from constant foreperiods

Bausenhart

Rolke

Ulrich

2008

Perception & Psychophysics

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Recent research shows that temporal preparation within a constant foreperiod design improves the spatial resolution of visual perception. The present experiments were designed to investigate whether similar benefits of temporal preparation can be observed in a task that requires high temporal resolution. In three experiments, we assessed the effect of temporal preparation on temporal order judgments (TOJs). In Experiment 1, short foreperiods facilitated TOJ for two spatially adjacent dots. This finding was replicated in Experiment 2, in which the temporal order of two spatially overlapping stimuli (" " and " ") had to be discriminated. Experiment 3 investigated the time course of temporal preparation by extending these findings to a wide range of different foreperiod durations. The present findings corroborate recent evidence for a perceptual locus of temporal preparation. Most importantly, they show that temporal preparation within a constant foreperiod design improves the temporal resolution of visual perception, independently of whether TOJ requires a decision about the location or about the identity of the target stimuli.

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“…There is increasing evidence that these two forms of attentional orienting operate differently, with different neural substrates and divergent perceptual and behavioral effects at attended locations (Friedrich, Egly, Rafal, & Beck, 1998;Funes, Lupiáñez, & Milliken, 2007;Hein, Rolke, & Ulrich, 2006;Kincade, Abrams, Astafiev, Shulman, & Corbetta, 2005). Consequently, the effect of these two forms of cuing on perceived timing may also differ, and they must be considered separately in order to isolate their individual contributions.…”

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