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Yavor Ivanov¹, Jan Theeuwes², Louisa Bogaerts^2,3

¹Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. y.ivanov@vu.nl.

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Individual differences in attentional capture are moderately stable, but learned distractor suppression is unreliable. These findings highlight the challenges in predicting individual cognitive performance based on statistical learning measures.

Keywords:

Attentional capture Distractor suppression Individual differences Statistical learning Test reliability

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Human Behavior

Background:

Statistical regularities in the environment influence attentional selection, even for task-irrelevant stimuli.
Frequent irrelevant distractors at a specific location reduce interference, suggesting learned distractor suppression.
Individual differences in these attentional biases are largely unexplored but may hold significant mechanistic insights.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the reliability and stability of individual-level measures of attentional capture and learned distractor suppression.
To determine if these measures are consistent within and across different sessions.
To assess the predictive validity of these measures for individual performance.

Main Methods:

An online study using an additional singleton task.
Assessment of within-session (split-half) and between-session (test-retest over 2 months) reliability.
Comparison of reaction time (RT)-based measures versus accuracy measures.

Main Results:

Attentional capture measures demonstrated moderate within-session stability.
Learned distractor suppression measures showed poor within-session and between-session reliability.
Test-retest reliability over 2 months was moderate for attentional capture but weak for suppression.
RT-based measures were more reliable than accuracy measures.
Predictive validity of RT-based measures for individual performance was limited.

Conclusions:

Attentional capture is a more stable individual trait than learned distractor suppression.
Current measures of learned distractor suppression lack the reliability needed for individual-level assessment.
Future research should explore inter-individual variations in attentional biases from statistical learning, considering the limitations of current measurement techniques.