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  • The Effects of Endogenous and Exogenous Cues on Task-Set Inhibition

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    Kuhns, David (David Paul)
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    Task-set inhibition has been proposed to be an important mechanism for cognitive control in task switching. Its existence is supported largely by the observation of the N-2 repetition cost (e.g., A-B-A is slower than C-B-A). Many studies have reported an N-2 repetition cost, but several have not. Because of the...
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    repetition cost (e.g., A-B-A is slower than C-B-A). Many studies have reported an N-2 repetition cost, but

  • An electrophysiological study of emotional perception in a dual-task paradigm

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    Shaw, Kathleen Elizabeth
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    The present study examined whether emotion perception requires central attentional resources. A dual-task paradigm was used to examine whether people can direct their attention to a face expressing a target emotion, even while they are still selecting a response to another task. Task-1 required an auditory discrimination while for Task-2,...
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    SOA condition and (b) a long SOA condition in the psychological refractory period paradigm, as

  • An Investigation of Age-Related Differences in Value-Driven Attentional Capture

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    Naylor, Jamie
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    Previous research on age-related differences in attentional capture has indicated that older adults are more susceptible to distraction than younger adults and this has been interpreted as a reduced capacity to inhibit distraction in late life. Recently, however, there have been discrepancies in the literature about in what circumstances older...
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    - driven manner, known as top-down contingent capture (Folk, Remington, & Johnston, 1992). Bottom-up

  • An Electrophysiological Study of Attention Capture: Does Rarity Enable Capture?

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    Noesen, Birken
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    Several behavioral studies have suggested that rarity is critical for enabling irrelevant, salient objects to capture attention. We tested this hypothesis using the event-related potential (ERP) component, N2pc, thought to reflect attentional allocation. A cue display was followed by a target display in which participants identified the letter in a...
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    -down control settings (e.g., Bacon & Egeth, 1994; Folk, Remington, & Johnston, 1992; Lien, Ruthruff