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Does attention impair temporal discrimination? Examining non-attentional accounts
Bettina Rolke1, Angela Dinkelbach, Elisabeth Hein
1Department of Psychology, Psychologisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Friedrichstr. 21, 72072, Tübingen, Germany. bettina.rolke@uni-tuebingen.de
Abstract:
Recently, Yeshurun and Levy (Psychol Sci 14:225-231, 2003) have provided evidence for the notion that visual attention impairs the temporal resolution of the visual system. Specifically, the detection of a temporal gap within a visual stimulus was impaired when a cue directed attention towards the spatial location of the stimulus. As this negative cueing effect is important to constrain theories about visual attention, we further investigated this novel effect and assessed whether it truly reflects an attentional effect. Experiment 1 examines whether the negative cueing effect is due to local temporal interference, and Experiments 2 and 3 investigate whether it reflects a luminance confound. The complete pattern of results argues against these alternatives and thus further strengthens the conclusion of Yeshurun and Levy (Psychol Sci 14: 225-231, 2003).
