Carry-over of attentional settings between distinct tasks: A transient effect independent of top-down contextual biases

Exploring the carry-over of top-down attentional settings in dynamic conditions

“…Data collected from the first experiment were accuracy and response times to the hazards in the driving clips and the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) positions of each fixation made in the first 1,500 ms of the driving clips. The timeframe was limited based on previous research showing the carry-over effect did not last beyond 2,000 ms (e.g., Thompson et al, 2015Thompson et al, , 2021. The x and y positions were measured in pixels but converted to degrees of visual angle.…”

“…There is a growing body of evidence to show that the topdown attentional set adopted to complete one task can persist to a second task, influencing attention, visual search, and performance. This has been demonstrated in low-level tasks measuring the bias of attention towards previously relevant information (e.g., Leber & Egeth, 2006;Thompson et al, 2007) and to previously relevant areas of space (e.g., Hills et al, 2017;Longman et al, 2013;Thompson & Crundall, 2011;Thompson et al, 2021;Wendt et al, 2017). Longman et al (2013Longman et al ( , 2017 argue that the carryover of attentional set (which they refer to as attentional inertia) occurs because a set switch requires adoption of the new attentional settings and inhibition of the old settings.…”

“…Participants. The same as Experiment 1, based on an a-prior power analysis using an effect size from Thompson et al (2021), a sample size of 33 participants was required, and in total 40 participants (22 female) completed the experiment for a £10 inconvenience allowance. Age ranged from 18 to 52 and mean age was 25.88.…”

“…Participants. The sample size was determined through an a-priori power analysis using G-Power based on the effect size from a 3 (orientation) × 2 (time) interaction found by Thompson et al (2021). Using this prior effect size of f = 0.32, to achieve a significant result with 0.95 power at least 33 participants were required.…”

Spatial attention modulates multisensory integration: The dissociation between exogenous and endogenous orienting

“…For Sequence 2, spatial attention bias at the cued location in the 70% condition may migrate to the cued location in the 50% condition. Previous studies have shown that the attention control set formed in the previous task affects attention distribution and thus the next task performance (Alport et al, 1994;Rossi & Paradiso, 1995;Thompson et al, 2021;Wendt et al, 2017).…”