Oculomotor capture and Inhibition of Return: Evidence for an oculomotor suppression account of IOR

Abstract

Previous research has shown that when sub-

Oculomotor capture by surprising onsets

“…Because of the presumed stimulus-driven nature of these saccades to the onset, they have been referred to as oculomotor capture. Subsequent research has replicated the major findings of Theeuwes et al, although the degree to which onsets capture the eyes varies widely between different versions of the oculomotor capture task (e.g., Godijn & Theeuwes, 2002b;Irwin, Colcombe, Kramer, & Hahn, 2000) and some studies have found a much lower frequency of oculomotor capture by onsets under certain conditions (e.g., Godijn & Kramer, 2006;Ludwig & Gilchrist, 2002). Although a comparison of these studies is complicated due to the many differences in the stimulus displays, one factor that likely contributes to the percentage of oculomotor capture is the saccade latency distribution.…”

“…Although a comparison of these studies is complicated due to the many differences in the stimulus displays, one factor that likely contributes to the percentage of oculomotor capture is the saccade latency distribution. Specifically, previous studies have found that saccades to the onset have shorter latencies than saccades to the target (e.g., Godijn & Theeuwes, 2002b;Theeuwes et al, 1998). Indeed, in Godijn and Kramer (2006) oculomotor capture was negligible and saccade latencies to the colour singleton target were around 300 ms, while in earlier studies (Godijn & Theeuwes, 2002b;Theeuwes et al, 1998Theeuwes et al, , 1999 there was about 30% oculomotor capture and mean saccade latencies to the target were around 220 ms.…”

“…In some studies the onset is presented on all trials (e.g., Godijn & Theeuwes, 2002a); in other studies the onset is presented on half the trials (e.g., Godijn & Theeuwes, 2002b;Theeuwes et al, 1998). In each of these studies, participants developed expectations concerning the onset of a new distractor.…”

“…Furthermore, the onset typically provides the participant with temporal knowledge about the target. Specifically, in most studies on oculomotor capture (e.g., Godijn & Theeuwes, 2002b;Theeuwes et al, 1998) the onset is presented simultaneously with the colour singleton target. It has been suggested that features that signal the appearance of the task-relevant display may capture attention (e.g., Gibson & Kelsey, 1998).…”

Towards a Framework for Attention Cueing in Instructional Animations: Guidelines for Research and Design

“…Furthermore, Miller (1989) showed that attention is not only controlled by sudden onsets, but that attention is attracted by all sudden changes in a visual scene. Indeed, in line with the dynamic default hypothesis (Franconeri and Simons 2003), which states that all dynamic events garner attentional priority, different types of motion, such as the start of movement (e.g., Abrams and Christ 2003), moving, looming, and disoccluding objects (Franconeri and Simons 2003) may draw attention and cause people to fixate on the target object (Godijn and Theeuwes 2002). However, it is important to note that motion per se does not attract attention.…”