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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Experimental psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Attention orienting is influenced by prior trial events in spatial cueing.
  • Previous research focused on predictive cues, leaving the effect of non-predictive cues under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate sequence effects using non-predictive arrow cues.
  • To examine the influence of cue-target stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) from previous and current trials on these sequence effects.

Main Methods:

  • A spatial cueing paradigm was employed.
  • Non-predictive arrow cues were used to probe attention orienting.
  • Varied cue-target stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs) across trials were manipulated.

Main Results:

  • A significant sequence effect was found for arrow cues, even without voluntary control.
  • This effect was significantly modulated by the SOAs of preceding trials.
  • Response facilitation was observed after catch trials, contrary to prior findings, indicating context sensitivity.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the automatic memory check hypothesis for sequential attention.
  • Results suggest temporal characteristics of memory mechanisms are involved in sequence effects.
  • The influence of catch trials on attention is context-dependent and sensitive to experimental factors.