Inter-trial effects in priming of pop-out: Comparison of computational updating models.

In visual search tasks, repeating features or the position of the target results in faster response times. Such inter-trial 'priming' effects occur not just for repetitions from the immediately preceding trial but also from trials further back. A paradigm known to produce particularly long...

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Autores principales: Fredrik Allenmark, Ahu Gokce, Thomas Geyer, Artyom Zinchenko, Hermann J Müller, Zhuanghua Shi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3a1502d6466e43049f4dc64c6df441fd2021-12-02T19:57:51ZInter-trial effects in priming of pop-out: Comparison of computational updating models.1553-734X1553-735810.1371/journal.pcbi.1009332https://doaj.org/article/3a1502d6466e43049f4dc64c6df441fd2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009332https://doaj.org/toc/1553-734Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1553-7358In visual search tasks, repeating features or the position of the target results in faster response times. Such inter-trial 'priming' effects occur not just for repetitions from the immediately preceding trial but also from trials further back. A paradigm known to produce particularly long-lasting inter-trial effects-of the target-defining feature, target position, and response (feature)-is the 'priming of pop-out' (PoP) paradigm, which typically uses sparse search displays and random swapping across trials of target- and distractor-defining features. However, the mechanisms underlying these inter-trial effects are still not well understood. To address this, we applied a modeling framework combining an evidence accumulation (EA) model with different computational updating rules of the model parameters (i.e., the drift rate and starting point of EA) for different aspects of stimulus history, to data from a (previously published) PoP study that had revealed significant inter-trial effects from several trials back for repetitions of the target color, the target position, and (response-critical) target feature. By performing a systematic model comparison, we aimed to determine which EA model parameter and which updating rule for that parameter best accounts for each inter-trial effect and the associated n-back temporal profile. We found that, in general, our modeling framework could accurately predict the n-back temporal profiles. Further, target color- and position-based inter-trial effects were best understood as arising from redistribution of a limited-capacity weight resource which determines the EA rate. In contrast, response-based inter-trial effects were best explained by a bias of the starting point towards the response associated with a previous target; this bias appeared largely tied to the position of the target. These findings elucidate how our cognitive system continually tracks, and updates an internal predictive model of, a number of separable stimulus and response parameters in order to optimize task performance.Fredrik AllenmarkAhu GokceThomas GeyerArtyom ZinchenkoHermann J MüllerZhuanghua ShiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Computational Biology, Vol 17, Iss 9, p e1009332 (2021)
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Fredrik Allenmark
Ahu Gokce
Thomas Geyer
Artyom Zinchenko
Hermann J Müller
Zhuanghua Shi
Inter-trial effects in priming of pop-out: Comparison of computational updating models.
description In visual search tasks, repeating features or the position of the target results in faster response times. Such inter-trial 'priming' effects occur not just for repetitions from the immediately preceding trial but also from trials further back. A paradigm known to produce particularly long-lasting inter-trial effects-of the target-defining feature, target position, and response (feature)-is the 'priming of pop-out' (PoP) paradigm, which typically uses sparse search displays and random swapping across trials of target- and distractor-defining features. However, the mechanisms underlying these inter-trial effects are still not well understood. To address this, we applied a modeling framework combining an evidence accumulation (EA) model with different computational updating rules of the model parameters (i.e., the drift rate and starting point of EA) for different aspects of stimulus history, to data from a (previously published) PoP study that had revealed significant inter-trial effects from several trials back for repetitions of the target color, the target position, and (response-critical) target feature. By performing a systematic model comparison, we aimed to determine which EA model parameter and which updating rule for that parameter best accounts for each inter-trial effect and the associated n-back temporal profile. We found that, in general, our modeling framework could accurately predict the n-back temporal profiles. Further, target color- and position-based inter-trial effects were best understood as arising from redistribution of a limited-capacity weight resource which determines the EA rate. In contrast, response-based inter-trial effects were best explained by a bias of the starting point towards the response associated with a previous target; this bias appeared largely tied to the position of the target. These findings elucidate how our cognitive system continually tracks, and updates an internal predictive model of, a number of separable stimulus and response parameters in order to optimize task performance.
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author Fredrik Allenmark
Ahu Gokce
Thomas Geyer
Artyom Zinchenko
Hermann J Müller
Zhuanghua Shi
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Ahu Gokce
Thomas Geyer
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title Inter-trial effects in priming of pop-out: Comparison of computational updating models.
title_short Inter-trial effects in priming of pop-out: Comparison of computational updating models.
title_full Inter-trial effects in priming of pop-out: Comparison of computational updating models.
title_fullStr Inter-trial effects in priming of pop-out: Comparison of computational updating models.
title_full_unstemmed Inter-trial effects in priming of pop-out: Comparison of computational updating models.
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