Temporal Expectancy Modulates Inhibition of Return in a Discrimination Task

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Journal Psychon Bull Rev

Specialty Psychology

Date 2010 Jan 19

PMID 20081160

Citations 17

Authors

Shai Gabay

Avishai Henik

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Abstract

This research examined the influence of cue temporal predictability on inhibition of return (IOR) in a discrimination task. In exogenous attention experiments, the cue that summons attention is noninformative as to where the target will appear. However, it is predictive as to when it will appear. In previous work, it was demonstrated that temporal predictability does not influence IOR in detection tasks. In this work, it is shown that IOR is influenced by temporal predictability in discrimination tasks. Predictability was manipulated by using three stimulus onset asynchrony distributions: nonaging, aging, and accelerated aging. IOR was found when the cue predicted target appearance and was modulated by temporal information. In the nonaging distribution (in which the cue did not predict target appearance), there was no IOR.

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