Attentional Capture From Inside vs. Outside the Attentional Focus

In this study, we jointly reported in an empirical and a theoretical way, for the first time, two main theories: Lavie’s perceptual load theory and Gaspelin et al.’s attentional dwelling hypothesis. These theories explain in different ways the modulation of the perceptual load/task difficulty over a...

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Autores principales:	Greta Manini, Fabiano Botta, Elisa Martín-Arévalo, Vera Ferrari, Juan Lupiáñez
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	attentional capture perceptual load attentional focus distractor interference distractor relevance Psychology BF1-990
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/39dd9f0e5370489ca8a71443f85d246c
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:39dd9f0e5370489ca8a71443f85d246c2021-11-08T07:00:53ZAttentional Capture From Inside vs. Outside the Attentional Focus1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.758747https://doaj.org/article/39dd9f0e5370489ca8a71443f85d246c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.758747/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078In this study, we jointly reported in an empirical and a theoretical way, for the first time, two main theories: Lavie’s perceptual load theory and Gaspelin et al.’s attentional dwelling hypothesis. These theories explain in different ways the modulation of the perceptual load/task difficulty over attentional capture by irrelevant distractors and lead to the observation of the opposite results with similar manipulations. We hypothesized that these opposite results may critically depend on the distractor type used by the two experimental procedures (i.e., distractors inside vs. outside the attentional focus, which could be, respectively, considered as potentially relevant vs. completely irrelevant to the main task). Across a series of experiments, we compared both theories within the same paradigm by manipulating both the perceptual load/task difficulty and the distractor type. The results were strongly consistent, suggesting that the influence of task demands on attentional capture varies as a function of the distractor type: while the interference from (relevant) distractors presented inside the attentional focus was consistently higher for high vs. low load conditions, there was no modulation by (irrelevant) distractors presented outside the attentional focus. Moreover, we critically analyzed the theoretical conceptualization of interference using both theories, disentangling important outcomes for the dwelling hypothesis. Our results provide specific insights into new aspects of attentional capture, which can critically redefine these two predominant theories.Greta ManiniFabiano BottaElisa Martín-ArévaloVera FerrariJuan LupiáñezFrontiers Media S.A.articleattentional captureperceptual loadattentional focusdistractor interferencedistractor relevancePsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	attentional capture perceptual load attentional focus distractor interference distractor relevance Psychology BF1-990 Greta Manini Fabiano Botta Elisa Martín-Arévalo Vera Ferrari Juan Lupiáñez Attentional Capture From Inside vs. Outside the Attentional Focus
description	In this study, we jointly reported in an empirical and a theoretical way, for the first time, two main theories: Lavie’s perceptual load theory and Gaspelin et al.’s attentional dwelling hypothesis. These theories explain in different ways the modulation of the perceptual load/task difficulty over attentional capture by irrelevant distractors and lead to the observation of the opposite results with similar manipulations. We hypothesized that these opposite results may critically depend on the distractor type used by the two experimental procedures (i.e., distractors inside vs. outside the attentional focus, which could be, respectively, considered as potentially relevant vs. completely irrelevant to the main task). Across a series of experiments, we compared both theories within the same paradigm by manipulating both the perceptual load/task difficulty and the distractor type. The results were strongly consistent, suggesting that the influence of task demands on attentional capture varies as a function of the distractor type: while the interference from (relevant) distractors presented inside the attentional focus was consistently higher for high vs. low load conditions, there was no modulation by (irrelevant) distractors presented outside the attentional focus. Moreover, we critically analyzed the theoretical conceptualization of interference using both theories, disentangling important outcomes for the dwelling hypothesis. Our results provide specific insights into new aspects of attentional capture, which can critically redefine these two predominant theories.
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author	Greta Manini Fabiano Botta Elisa Martín-Arévalo Vera Ferrari Juan Lupiáñez
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title	Attentional Capture From Inside vs. Outside the Attentional Focus
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title_full	Attentional Capture From Inside vs. Outside the Attentional Focus
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Attentional Capture From Inside vs. Outside the Attentional Focus

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