Caparos, Serge and Linnell, Karina J. 2009. The interacting effect of load and space on visual selective attention. Visual Cognition, 17(8), pp. 1218-1227. ISSN 1350-6285 [Article]

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In the study of visual attention, two major determinants of our ability to ignore distracting information have been isolated, namely, (1) the spatial separation from the focus of attention and (2) perceptual load. This study manipulated both factors using a dual-task adaptation of the flanker paradigm (Eriksen & Hoffman, 1973). It showed that (1) although attention followed a gradient profile under low perceptual load it followed a Mexican-hat profile under high perceptual load, consistent with the idea that increasing load focuses spatial attention; and (2) increasing perceptual load did not improve overall selectivity: Though selectivity improved at near separations, it was impaired at far ones. Load and spatial separation exert interacting effects.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/13506280902924083
Keywords:	Perceptual load; Selective attention; Visual attention; Visual perception
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event March 2009 Accepted 20 October 2009 Published Online 2009 Published
Item ID:	36099
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2024 09:58
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2024 09:58
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/36099

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