On the time course of spatial cueing: Dissociating between a set for fast reorienting and a set for cue-target segregation

Martín-Arévalo, Elisa; Funes, María Jesús; Lupiáñez, Juan

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103004

Acta Psychologica

2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103004

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On the time course of spatial cueing: Dissociating between a set for fast reorienting and a set for cue-target segregation

Elisa Martín-Arévalo

María Jesús Funes

Juan Lupiáñez

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“…In both studies, the Stroop effect size decreased as a function of the temporal lag between the onset of both dimensions. A similar pattern has been observed with Simon and spatial Stroop tasks that used a cue to preexpose the irrelevant target position (Hommel, 1993;Martín-Arévalo et al, 2020;Van der Lubbe & Woestenburg, 1999;Virzi & Egeth, 1985) or in flanker paradigms in which distracting information preceded the target (Botella et al, 2002). Presumably, the code triggered by the distracting dimension will have weakened by the moment in which the relevant information appears, and leading to a reduction of the conflict.…”

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Target–background segregation in a spatial interference paradigm reveals shared and specific attentional mechanisms triggered by gaze and arrows.

Román-Caballero

Marotta

Lupiáñez

2021

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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Recent research has found that eye gaze and arrows yield opposite congruency effects in a spatial interference paradigm, arrows eliciting faster responses when their direction is congruent with their position (standard congruency effect), and gaze producing faster reaction times for incongruent conditions (reversed congruency effect). In addition, we observed by serendipity in a previous study that the standard effect with arrows was reduced when the target appeared within a complex background, presumably because of hindered figure-ground segregation. Under the same conditions, the reversed effect with gaze became more negative. To explain our previous results, we proposed the coexistence of two opposite attentional effects with eye gaze: a standard spatial interference component being common to both arrows and gaze, and a larger social-specific dimension leading to the overall reversion of the effect for gaze. Both in Experiments 1 and 2, gaze or arrow targets were presented after or concurrently with an irrelevant background (asynchronous vs. synchronous conditions, respectively). Consistent with our preregistered hypotheses, the standard effect with arrows was present in the asynchronous condition (automatic figure-ground segregation) but reduced in the synchronous one (difficult figure-ground segregation). Correspondingly with the effect on arrows interference, eye gaze triggered a significant reversed effect in the synchronous condition that decreased in the asynchronous one. These results underline the importance of the figure-ground segregation processes as modulators of the spatial conflict triggered by peripheral targets, and support our two-effect model, according to which gaze shares with nonsocial stimuli a domain-general orienting mechanism, but also triggers distinctive processes. Public Significance StatementEye gaze is a relevant cue in our daily social interactions that allows us to communicate information about our focus of attention, emotions, or intentions, among others. Unlike other directional cues of a nonsocial nature (e.g., arrows), gaze has been found to trigger singular attentional effects presumably due to its unique significance. The findings of the present study support this idea as they suggest that apart from conveying spatial information (which is shared with other nonsocial cues), gaze elicits additional social-specific attentional processes. These unique processes can have an impact on our behavior and might presumably underlie several symptoms of conditions in which social cognition is compromised (such as the autistic spectrum disorder). Advances in the knowledge of these processes might broaden our theoretical understanding of social cognition and might lead to new applications and understanding of other phenomena like the well-known inward bias in visual arts.

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Target–background segregation in a spatial interference paradigm reveals shared and specific attentional mechanisms triggered by gaze and arrows.

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2021

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Fixation offset decreases manual inhibition of return (IOR) in detection and discrimination tasks

Michalczyk

2024

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Attention can be covertly shifted to peripheral stimuli in order to improve their processing. However, attention is also then inhibited against returning to the previously attended location; thus, both detection and discrimination of a stimulus presented at that location decrease (the inhibition of return effect; IOR). The after-effect of the covert orienting hypothesis (ACOH) postulates a close link between attention shifting, IOR, and oculomotor control. The fixation offset, which improves the generation of saccades, decreases IOR in detection tasks, suggesting a close link between IOR and oculomotor control. However, according to some alternative views (e.g., the input-based IOR hypothesis and the object files segregation/integration hypothesis), IOR may be related to some sensory rather than motor processes. Some studies support that view and show that IOR may occur differently in detection and discrimination tasks and that oculomotor processes do not affect IOR in tasks where manual responses are required and eye movements are suppressed. Two experiments presented in this article show that removing the fixation point decreases manual IOR in detection and discrimination tasks. The results are discussed in terms of various theoretical approaches.

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Influencing Mechanism of Signal Design Elements in Complex Human–Machine System: Evidence from Eye Movement Data

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Zhou

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In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, human–machine interaction has become an issue that should be systematically explored. This research aimed to examine the impact of different pre-cue modes (visual, auditory, and tactile), stimulus modes (visual, auditory, and tactile), compatible mapping modes (both compatible (BC), transverse compatible (TC), longitudinal compatible (LC), and both incompatible (BI)), and stimulus onset asynchrony (200 ms/600 ms) on the performance of participants in complex human–machine systems. Eye movement data and a dual-task paradigm involving stimulus–response and manual tracking were utilized for this study. The findings reveal that visual pre-cues can captivate participants’ attention towards peripheral regions, a phenomenon not observed when visual stimuli are presented in isolation. Furthermore, when confronted with visual stimuli, participants predominantly prioritize continuous manual tracking tasks, utilizing focal vision, while concurrently executing stimulus–response compatibility tasks with peripheral vision. Furthermore, the average pupil diameter tends to diminish with the use of visual pre-cues or visual stimuli but expands during auditory or tactile stimuli or pre-cue modes. These findings contribute to the existing literature on the theoretical design of complex human–machine interfaces and offer practical implications for the design of human–machine system interfaces. Moreover, this paper underscores the significance of considering the optimal combination of stimulus modes, pre-cue modes, and stimulus onset asynchrony, tailored to the characteristics of the human–machine interaction task.

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On the time course of spatial cueing: Dissociating between a set for fast reorienting and a set for cue-target segregation

Cited by 3 publications

References 50 publications

Target–background segregation in a spatial interference paradigm reveals shared and specific attentional mechanisms triggered by gaze and arrows.

Target–background segregation in a spatial interference paradigm reveals shared and specific attentional mechanisms triggered by gaze and arrows.

Fixation offset decreases manual inhibition of return (IOR) in detection and discrimination tasks

Influencing Mechanism of Signal Design Elements in Complex Human–Machine System: Evidence from Eye Movement Data

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