Shifting views on the symbolic cueing effect: Cueing attention through recent prior experience

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Main Author: Bruce Milliken
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Published: Universitat de València 2008
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contents Shifting views on the symbolic cueing effect: Cueing attention through recent prior experience Bruce Milliken Matthew J. C. Crump Imran Ansari Psicología Several studies have demonstrated that centrally presented, non-predictive,directional symbols (arrows, directional words, eye gaze) can influenceresponse times to detect the onset of a target item presented in a peripherallocation. Although symbolic cueing effects have been reliably demonstrated,the underlying mechanisms that produce these effects are not wellunderstood. In two experiments we test the idea that perceptual integrationbetween cue-target pairs mediates symbolic cueing effects. Our findingssuggest symbolic cueing effects may not necessarily reflect the orientingpower of highly over-learned directional symbols. Rather, symbolic cueingeffects are also mediated by relatively recent experiences with coherent cuetargetobjects during the experimental session. We elaborate on theimplications of our findings for conventional explanations of symboliccueing effects. 2008 artículo científico 0211-2159 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=16929105 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=169 Psicológica application/pdf Universitat de València Psicológica (España) Num.1 Vol.29
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spellingShingle Shifting views on the symbolic cueing effect: Cueing attention through recent prior experience
Bruce Milliken
Psicología
Shifting views on the symbolic cueing effect: Cueing attention through recent prior experience Bruce Milliken Matthew J. C. Crump Imran Ansari Psicología Several studies have demonstrated that centrally presented, non-predictive,directional symbols (arrows, directional words, eye gaze) can influenceresponse times to detect the onset of a target item presented in a peripherallocation. Although symbolic cueing effects have been reliably demonstrated,the underlying mechanisms that produce these effects are not wellunderstood. In two experiments we test the idea that perceptual integrationbetween cue-target pairs mediates symbolic cueing effects. Our findingssuggest symbolic cueing effects may not necessarily reflect the orientingpower of highly over-learned directional symbols. Rather, symbolic cueingeffects are also mediated by relatively recent experiences with coherent cuetargetobjects during the experimental session. We elaborate on theimplications of our findings for conventional explanations of symboliccueing effects. 2008 artículo científico 0211-2159 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=16929105 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=169 Psicológica application/pdf Universitat de València Psicológica (España) Num.1 Vol.29
title Shifting views on the symbolic cueing effect: Cueing attention through recent prior experience
topic Psicología
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=16929105