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    • Attending to a visual feature boosts its processing, but the impact on unattended features is debated.
    • Neurophysiological studies suggest monotonic suppression, yet psychophysical evidence remains inconclusive.
    • Understanding feature-based attention requires examining its effects on both attended and unattended stimuli.

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    • To investigate the suppressive effects of feature-based attention on unattended visual features.
    • To determine if suppression profiles differ across various feature dimensions (motion direction, orientation, color).
    • To reconcile psychophysical findings with existing neurophysiological data.

    Main Methods:

    • Three experiments using a signal detection task with partially valid feature cues.
    • Manipulating attention to motion direction, orientation, and color.
    • Measuring performance as a function of the cue-signal feature offset, including neutral trials for baseline.

    Main Results:

    • Consistent enhancement when cued and target features matched.
    • Consistent suppression when cued and target features differed.
    • Distinct suppression profiles: motion direction showed a 'rebound' effect, while orientation and color exhibited monotonic suppression.

    Conclusions:

    • Unattended visual features are suppressed during feature-based attention.
    • The specific profile of suppression varies depending on the feature dimension.
    • Results support the feature-similarity gain model and align with neurophysiological observations.