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Inhibition of return for objects and locations in static displays.

E C Leek1, L Reppa, S P Tipper

  • 1Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. e.c.leek@bangor.ac.uk

Perception & Psychophysics
|June 6, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Inhibition of the return of attention (IOR) is additively linked to object and location, even when previous studies found otherwise. This suggests IOR uses independent object and location systems.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Attention

Background:

  • Inhibition of the return of attention (IOR) mechanisms prevent re-examining stimuli.
  • IOR is thought to involve additive contributions from location- and object-based representations.
  • Previous research reported conflicting findings on these additive effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the conditions under which additive IOR effects manifest.
  • To determine if IOR is influenced by object properties.
  • To test the hypothesis of functionally independent object- and location-based frames of reference for IOR.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed attention tasks involving spatial locations and objects.
  • IOR was measured across varying cue-target intervals and block types (pure vs. mixed).

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  • Object properties were manipulated to assess their influence on IOR.

    • Main Results:

    • Additive IOR effects were observed broadly, contradicting previous boundary conditions.
    • IOR magnitude was modulated by the internal structural properties of attended objects.
    • Results supported the existence of independent object- and location-based reference frames.

    Conclusions:

    • IOR operates via functionally independent object- and location-based systems.
    • Additive IOR effects are more general than previously suggested.
    • Internal object structure influences attentional inhibition mechanisms.