Inhibition of return to successively stimulated locations in a sequential visual search paradigm

被引:94
作者
Danziger, S
Kingstone, A
Snyder, JJ
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA USA
[2] Univ Alberta, Dept Psychol, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada
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10.1037/0096-1523.24.5.1467
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The inhibition of return (IOR) effect refers to a slowing in response time for a target that appears at a previously attended location. Many investigators have speculated that IOR's inherent ecological validity may be to ensure an efficient search of a complex environment by creating a bias against returning to locations that have already been investigated. Unfortunately, this intriguing idea has lacked compelling empirical support. The current study addressed this issue. It was shown that in a novel visual search task, the IOR could dwell at a minimum of 3 spatially noncontiguous locations. These data suggest that IOR may serve as an important mechanism for facilitating visual search in complex environments, by inhibiting attention from returning to previously inspected locations.
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页码:1467 / 1475
页数:9
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