Eye behavior does not adapt to expected visual distraction during internally directed cognition.

ABSTRACT: When focused on a specific internal task like calculating a multiplication in mind we are able to ignore sensory distraction. This may be achieved by effective perceptual decoupling during internally directed cognition. The present study investigated whether decoupling from external events during internally directed cognition represents an active shielding mechanism that adapts to expected external distraction or a passive/automatic shielding mechanism that is independent of external distraction. Participants performed multiplications in mind (e.g. 26 x 7), a task that required to turn attention inward as soon as the problem was encoded. At the beginning of a block of trials, participants were informed whether or not distractors could appear during the calculation period, thereby potential

SUBMITTER: Annerer-Walcher S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6161918 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature