How does information processing speed relate to the attentional blink?

<h4>Background</h4>When observers are asked to identify two targets in rapid sequence, they often suffer profound performance deficits for the second target, even when the spatial location of the targets is known. This attentional blink (AB) is usually attributed to the time required to...

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Autores principales:	Troy A W Visser, Jeneva L Ohan
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:db9a3634d4814522a5576fa876834b592021-11-18T07:24:20ZHow does information processing speed relate to the attentional blink?1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0033265https://doaj.org/article/db9a3634d4814522a5576fa876834b592012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22461892/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>When observers are asked to identify two targets in rapid sequence, they often suffer profound performance deficits for the second target, even when the spatial location of the targets is known. This attentional blink (AB) is usually attributed to the time required to process a previous target, implying that a link should exist between individual differences in information processing speed and the AB.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>The present work investigated this question by examining the relationship between a rapid automatized naming task typically used to assess information-processing speed and the magnitude of the AB. The results indicated that faster processing actually resulted in a greater AB, but only when targets were presented amongst high similarity distractors. When target-distractor similarity was minimal, processing speed was unrelated to the AB.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Our findings indicate that information-processing speed is unrelated to target processing efficiency per se, but rather to individual differences in observers' ability to suppress distractors. This is consistent with evidence that individuals who are able to avoid distraction are more efficient at deploying temporal attention, but argues against a direct link between general processing speed and efficient information selection.Troy A W VisserJeneva L OhanPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 3, p e33265 (2012)
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description	<h4>Background</h4>When observers are asked to identify two targets in rapid sequence, they often suffer profound performance deficits for the second target, even when the spatial location of the targets is known. This attentional blink (AB) is usually attributed to the time required to process a previous target, implying that a link should exist between individual differences in information processing speed and the AB.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>The present work investigated this question by examining the relationship between a rapid automatized naming task typically used to assess information-processing speed and the magnitude of the AB. The results indicated that faster processing actually resulted in a greater AB, but only when targets were presented amongst high similarity distractors. When target-distractor similarity was minimal, processing speed was unrelated to the AB.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Our findings indicate that information-processing speed is unrelated to target processing efficiency per se, but rather to individual differences in observers' ability to suppress distractors. This is consistent with evidence that individuals who are able to avoid distraction are more efficient at deploying temporal attention, but argues against a direct link between general processing speed and efficient information selection.
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title_short	How does information processing speed relate to the attentional blink?
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How does information processing speed relate to the attentional blink?

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