Irrelevant sights and sounds require spatial suppression: ERP evidence.

ABSTRACT: Both real-world experience and behavioral laboratory research suggest that entirely irrelevant stimuli (distractors) can interfere with a primary task. However, it is as yet unknown whether such interference reflects competition for spatial attention - indeed, prominent theories of attention predict that this should not be the case. Whilst electrophysiological indices of spatial capture and spatial suppression have been well-investigated, experiments have primarily utilized distractors which share a degree of task-relevance with targets, and are limited to the visual domain. The present research measured behavioral and ERP responses to test the ability of salient yet entirely task-irrelevant visual and auditory distractors to compete for spatial attention during a visual task, while also t

SUBMITTER: Lunn J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078104 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature