On the blink: the importance of target-distractor similarity in eliciting an attentional blink with faces.

ABSTRACT: Temporal allocation of attention is often investigated with a paradigm in which two relevant target items are presented in a rapid sequence of irrelevant distractors. The term Attentional Blink (AB) denotes a transient impairment of awareness for the second of these two target items when presented close in time. Experimental studies reported that the AB is reduced when the second target is emotionally significant, suggesting a modulation of attention allocation. The aim of the present study was to systematically investigate the influence of target-distractor similarity on AB magnitude for faces with emotional expressions under conditions of limited attention in a series of six rapid serial visual presentation experiments. The task on the first target was either to discriminate the gender o

SUBMITTER: Musch K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3399797 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature