Individual Differences in Temporal Selective Attention as Reflected in Pupil Dilation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Attention is restricted for the second of two targets when it is presented within 200-500 ms of the first target. This attentional blink (AB) phenomenon allows one to study the dynamics of temporal selective attention by varying the interval between the two targets (T1 and T2). Whereas the AB has long been considered as a robust and universal cognitive limitation, several studies have demonstrated that AB task performance greatly differs between individuals, with some individuals showing no AB whatsoever.

Methodology/principal findings

Here, we studied these individual differences in AB task performance in relation to differences in attentional timing. Furthermore, we investigated whether AB magnitude is predictive for the amount of attention allocated to T1. For

SUBMITTER: Willems C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4682773 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature