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    Rapid attentional selection processes operate independently and in parallel for multiple targets

    Grubert, Anna and Eimer, Martin (2016) Rapid attentional selection processes operate independently and in parallel for multiple targets. Biological Psychology 121 (A), pp. 99-108. ISSN 0301-0511.

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    Abstract

    The question whether multiple objects are selected serially or in parallel remains contentious. Previous studies employed the N2pc component as a marker of attentional selection to show that multiple selection processes can be activated concurrently. The present study demonstrates that the concurrent selection of multiple targets reflects genuinely parallel processing that is unaffected by whether or when an additional selection process is elicited simultaneously for another target. Experiment 1 showed that N2pc components triggered during the selection of a colour-defined target were not modulated by the presence versus absence of a second target that appeared in close temporal proximity. Experiment 2 revealed that the same rapid parallel selection processes were elicited regardless of whether two targets appeared simultaneously or in two successive displays. Results show that rapid attentional selection processes within the first 200 ms after stimulus onset can be triggered in parallel for multiple objects in the visual field.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): Visual attention, Top-down control, Visual search, Event-related brain potentials, Parallel selection
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences
    Depositing User: Martin Eimer
    Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2016 14:52
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:27
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/16435

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