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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Attention

Background:

  • The capacity of visual attention to form multiple spatial foci remains debated.
  • Voluntary visual attention is known to divide spatially.
  • The current study investigates whether automatic visual attention also exhibits spatial division.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if automatic visual attention can be divided into two independent spatial foci.
  • To compare the spatial distribution of automatic attention with voluntary attention.
  • To explore the processing of stimuli presented between two attended locations.

Main Methods:

  • Thirty-six female volunteers participated in a visual attention experiment.
  • Prime stimuli were presented in either the left or right visual hemifield.
  • Target stimuli were presented at primed, intermediate, or contralateral locations, with varying prime configurations (single, all rings, superior and inferior rings).

Main Results:

  • Reaction times to targets at primed locations were faster than at contralateral locations.
  • This attentional benefit was reduced or absent for targets presented in the intermediate location following a double-ring prime.
  • This indicates a potential division of automatic visual attention.

Conclusions:

  • Automatic visual attention can, to some extent, focus on two separate spatial locations simultaneously.
  • The region between two simultaneously attended locations may receive reduced attentional processing.
  • Findings contribute to understanding the flexibility and limitations of automatic attentional control.