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Creator:: Lien, Mei-Ching, Noesen, Birken, and Ruthruff, Eric
Abstract:: Some studies suggest that attention can be captured by irrelevant, salient objects when they appear rarely. We addressed this issue using the N2pc effect, a lateralized, negative voltage spike in the brain potentials in parietal cortex, thought to reflect attentional allocation. A cue display was followed by a target display...

Creator:: Lien, Mei-Ching, Noesen, Birken, and Ruthruff, Eric
Abstract:: Some studies suggest that attention can be captured by irrelevant, salient objects when they appear rarely. We addressed this issue using the N2pc effect, a lateralized, negative voltage spike in the brain potentials in parietal cortex, thought to reflect attentional allocation. A cue display was followed by a target display...

Creator:: Lien, Mei-Ching, Ruthruff, Eric, and Naylor, Jamie
Abstract:: Whereas capture experiments typically repeat a single task many times, real world cognition is characterized by frequent switching. Lien, Ruthruff, and Johnston (2010) reported that the attentional control system can rapidly and fully switch between different search settings (e.g., red to green), with no carryover and no inter-trial priming. The...
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Creator:: Noesen, Birken, Lien, Mei-Ching, and Ruthruff, Eric
Abstract:: Several behavioral studies have suggested that rarity is critical for enabling irrelevant, salient objects to capture attention. We tested this hypothesis using the N2pc, thought to reflect attentional allocation. A cue display was followed by a target display in which participants identified the letter in a specific color. Experiment 1...
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Creator:: Allen, Philip A., Lien, Mei-Ching, Ruthruff, Eric, and Voss, Andreas
Abstract:: The present study examined the effect of training on age differences in performing a highly practiced task using the psychological refractory period (PRP) paradigm (Pashler, 1984). Earlier training studies have concentrated on tasks that are not already overlearned. The present question of interest is whether task dual-task integration will be...
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Creator:: Lien, Mei-Ching, Taylor, Robinson, and Ruthruff, Eric
Abstract:: The present study, using a cuing paradigm, reexamined the claim of an attentional bias toward fearful faces. In Experiment 1, participants searched a target display for a letter in a specific color. This target display was preceded by a non-informative cue display, which contained colored boxes (one in the target...
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Creator:: Gaspelin, Nicholas, Ruthruff, Eric, Lien, Mei-Ching, and Jung, Kyunghun
Abstract:: Theeuwes (2004) proposed that stimulus-driven capture occurs primarily for salient stimuli that fall within the observer's attentional window, such as when performing a parallel search. This proposal, supported by some studies, can explain many seemingly discrepant results in the literature. The present study tested this proposal using a modified pre-cuing...
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Creator:: Lien, Mei-Ching, Noesen, Birken, and Ruthruff, Eric
Abstract:: Some studies suggest that attention can be captured by irrelevant, salient objects when they appear rarely. We addressed this issue using the N2pc effect, a lateralized, negative voltage spike in the brain potentials in parietal cortex, thought to reflect attentional allocation. A cue display was followed by a target display...
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Creator:: Khoja, Nadia, Lien, Mei-Ching, and Ruthruff, Eric
Abstract:: A previous dual-task study (Lien, Ruthruff, Cornett, Goodin, & Allen, 2008) provided evidence that people have difficulty identifying words while central attention is devoted to another non-word task. In that study, participants performed an auditory Task 1 regarding tone pitch and a visual word Task 2. However, it’s possible that...
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