Endogenous spatial cueing speeds detection at the attended parafoveal location and slows it at the unattended location¶

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q3 i? In a parafoveal spatial cueing task, attention produced faster detection at the attended location and slower detection at the unattended location relative to neutral, with no speed-accuracy trade-off. → Poletti Martina 2017

Evidence¶

Poletti Martina 2017¶

Poletti Martina, Rucci Michele, Carrasco Marisa. (2017). Selective attention within the foveola. Nature Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4622

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Experiment 1, a central spatial cueing detection task with targets at 3° eccentricity in five observers. The article reports the attention benefit and cost with "ANOVA F(2,4) = 23.6; p=0.0004" and notes accuracy slightly increased, ruling out speed-accuracy trade-offs.

"compared to the neutral condition, attention resulted in a benefit—faster detection— at the attended location, and a cost—slower detection— at the unattended location (Fig. 1C, ANOVA F(2,4) = 23.6; p=0.0004)"

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