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  • Salient stimuli can capture attention and disrupt goal-directed behavior.
  • Research has focused on how individuals learn to resist such distractions.

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  • To investigate if an initial instance of distraction can enhance future suppression of salient stimuli.
  • To explore the rapid emergence of learned suppression and its role in attentional control.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments involving 120 college students (aged 18-35 years).
  • Utilized a novel eye-tracking methodology to monitor attentional responses.
  • Manipulated the occurrence or intensity of initial distraction.

Main Results:

  • Evidence suggests an initial distraction precedes the learned suppression of salient stimuli.
  • Eliminating or weakening initial distraction significantly reduced subsequent learned suppression.
  • Learned suppression of distractors was observed to emerge rapidly.

Conclusions:

  • Attentional capture by salient stimuli can function as a learning signal, improving future attentional control.
  • Findings challenge existing models by demonstrating the rapid development of learned suppression.
  • This has significant implications for understanding attention and cognitive control mechanisms.