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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Attention research

Background:

  • The automaticity of crossmodal attention capture is debated.
  • Previous research suggests auditory stimuli can capture attention even when visual attention is endogenously focused.
  • The interaction between exogenous auditory and visual attention capture requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interaction between exogenous auditory and visual capture of attention.
  • To determine if auditory capture of visual attention is a fully automatic process.
  • To examine the influence of competing predictive cues on crossmodal attention.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed an orthogonal cueing task with peripheral visual and auditory cues preceding a visual target.
  • Cue validity was manipulated to assess the effects of predictive information.
  • Behavioral measures were used to quantify visual and auditory capture.

Main Results:

  • Both visual and auditory capture were observed when cues were presented at chance level.
  • When the visual cue was highly predictive (80% valid), only visual capture occurred, with no evidence of auditory capture.
  • A highly predictive auditory cue (80% valid) did not prevent visual capture by a competing visual cue.

Conclusions:

  • Crossmodal auditory capture of visual attention is not a fully automatic process.
  • Auditory capture is suppressed when a competing, predictive visual cue is present.
  • Attention capture is influenced by the predictive validity of competing sensory stimuli.