Coarse matching was sufficient to capture attention by working memory representations unless matching features with the target.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In most theoretical frameworks, the effectiveness of attentional selection relies significantly on the perceptual similarity between the target template and visual input. Nevertheless, ambiguity exists surrounding whether attentional capture triggered by irrelevant representations in Working Memory (WM) is influenced by the perceptual similarity levels of features between WM content and its matching distractors.

Methods

We designed a hybrid WM and visual search task, varying such perceptual similarity of colors across three levels: exact, high-similar, and low-similar matching. To quantify the extent of the capture effect, we compared these conditions against a neutral baseline (i.e., completely different color) using eye movement and behavioral data in two experi

SUBMITTER: Hu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877691 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature