The Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Spatial Attention on Decision Confidence

Abstract Spatial attention allows us to make more accurate decisions about events in our environment. Decision confidence is thought to be intimately linked to the decision making process as confidence ratings are tightly coupled to decision accuracy. While both spatial attention and decision confid...

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Autores principales:	Phillipp Kurtz, Katharine A. Shapcott, Jochen Kaiser, Joscha T. Schmiedt, Michael C. Schmid
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:266cfaf2e87e4f2eb8ec4cf9442ac20e2021-12-02T15:04:55ZThe Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Spatial Attention on Decision Confidence10.1038/s41598-017-06715-w2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/266cfaf2e87e4f2eb8ec4cf9442ac20e2017-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06715-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Spatial attention allows us to make more accurate decisions about events in our environment. Decision confidence is thought to be intimately linked to the decision making process as confidence ratings are tightly coupled to decision accuracy. While both spatial attention and decision confidence have been subjected to extensive research, surprisingly little is known about the interaction between these two processes. Since attention increases performance it might be expected that confidence would also increase. However, two studies investigating the effects of endogenous attention on decision confidence found contradictory results. Here we investigated the effects of two distinct forms of spatial attention on decision confidence; endogenous attention and exogenous attention. We used an orientation-matching task, comparing the two attention conditions (endogenous and exogenous) to a control condition without directed attention. Participants performed better under both attention conditions than in the control condition. Higher confidence ratings than the control condition were found under endogenous attention but not under exogenous attention. This finding suggests that while attention can increase confidence ratings, it must be voluntarily deployed for this increase to take place. We discuss possible implications of this relative overconfidence found only during endogenous attention with respect to the theoretical background of decision confidence.Phillipp KurtzKatharine A. ShapcottJochen KaiserJoscha T. SchmiedtMichael C. SchmidNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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description	Abstract Spatial attention allows us to make more accurate decisions about events in our environment. Decision confidence is thought to be intimately linked to the decision making process as confidence ratings are tightly coupled to decision accuracy. While both spatial attention and decision confidence have been subjected to extensive research, surprisingly little is known about the interaction between these two processes. Since attention increases performance it might be expected that confidence would also increase. However, two studies investigating the effects of endogenous attention on decision confidence found contradictory results. Here we investigated the effects of two distinct forms of spatial attention on decision confidence; endogenous attention and exogenous attention. We used an orientation-matching task, comparing the two attention conditions (endogenous and exogenous) to a control condition without directed attention. Participants performed better under both attention conditions than in the control condition. Higher confidence ratings than the control condition were found under endogenous attention but not under exogenous attention. This finding suggests that while attention can increase confidence ratings, it must be voluntarily deployed for this increase to take place. We discuss possible implications of this relative overconfidence found only during endogenous attention with respect to the theoretical background of decision confidence.
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author	Phillipp Kurtz Katharine A. Shapcott Jochen Kaiser Joscha T. Schmiedt Michael C. Schmid
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title	The Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Spatial Attention on Decision Confidence
title_short	The Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Spatial Attention on Decision Confidence
title_full	The Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Spatial Attention on Decision Confidence
title_fullStr	The Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Spatial Attention on Decision Confidence
title_full_unstemmed	The Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Spatial Attention on Decision Confidence
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publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/266cfaf2e87e4f2eb8ec4cf9442ac20e
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The Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Spatial Attention on Decision Confidence

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