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Karen M Arnell1, Julie M Larson

  • 1North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA. karnell@brocku.ca

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
|November 5, 2002
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The attentional blink (AB) occurs when reporting a second target soon after a first. This study shows a cross-modality attentional blink, even without task-set switching.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • The attentional blink (AB) is a deficit in reporting a second target when presented shortly after a first.
  • Previous research suggested that cross-modality AB might be an artifact of task-set switching.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether a true attentional blink (AB) occurs across different sensory modalities.
  • To determine if the AB phenomenon is independent of task-set switching.

Main Methods:

  • Experiments involved presenting two targets (T1 and T2) in visual or auditory modalities.
  • Target modalities were varied randomly to prevent task-set switching.
  • The attentional blink (AB) was measured by the accuracy of reporting the second target.

Main Results:

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  • Reliable attentional blinks (ABs) were observed for visual-visual, auditory-auditory, and cross-modality (visual T2) targets.
  • Cross-modality ABs with visual T2s exhibited a U-shaped pattern, characteristic of true ABs and not task-set switching.
  • The observed ABs occurred even when task-set switching was not beneficial.

Conclusions:

  • The attentional blink (AB) is not limited to the visual modality.
  • Cross-modality attentional blinks can occur independently of task-set switching.
  • These findings support a genuine cross-modality attentional blink phenomenon.