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ArticleJournal of cognition2023

Contextual and Temporal Constraints for Attentional Capture: Commentary on Theeuwes' 2023 Review "The Attentional Capture Debate: When Can We Avoid Salient Distractors and when Not?"

MaryAnn P Noonan, Viola S Störmer

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Article in Journal of cognition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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MaryAnn P NoonanDepartment of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1948-2471
Viola S StörmerDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1166-2088

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Abstract

Salient distractors demand our attention. Their salience, derived from intensity, relative contrast or learned relevance, captures our limited information capacity. This is typically an adaptive response as salient stimuli may require an immediate change in behaviour. However, sometimes apparent salient distractors do not capture attention. Theeuwes, in his recent commentary, has proposed certain boundary conditions of the visual scene that result in one of two search modes, serial or parallel, that determine whether we can avoid salient distractors or not. Here, we argue that a more complete theory should consider the temporal and contextual factors that influence the very salience of the distractor itself.

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AttentionCognitive ControlImplicit learning

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PMID37426062
PMCPMC10327855

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