Working memory load does not interfere with distractor suppression in the additional singleton task

IF 1.7 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY

Attention Perception & Psychophysics Pub Date : 2024-08-20 DOI:10.3758/s13414-024-02940-4

Francisco Vicente-Conesa, Ignacio Castillejo, Miguel A. Vadillo

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Abstract

Over the last decade, the additional singleton task has been widely used to study visual statistical learning. In this paradigm, participants are instructed to find a target while ignoring a series of distractors. In some trials, a salient singleton distractor is added to the search display, making the task more difficult. However, if the singleton appears more frequently in one particular location of the display, participants eventually learn to suppress attention towards this location. It has been suggested that this type of learning is probably implicit and independent of working memory (WM) resources. To our knowledge, only one study has explored the impact of WM in suppression effect (Gao & Theeuwes, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 27, 96–104, 2020). However, there are reasons to suspect that the amount and type of WM load used in that study may have been suboptimal to detect any effects on distractor suppression. The aim of the present study was to explore the impact of WM load on distractor suppression addressing these issues. Contrary to our expectations, our results confirm that this type of learning is indeed highly resilient even to strong manipulations of WM load.

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在额外的单人任务中，工作记忆负荷不会干扰分心物抑制。

在过去十年中，附加单子任务被广泛用于研究视觉统计学习。在这一范例中，参与者被要求在忽略一系列干扰物的同时找到一个目标。在某些试验中，搜索显示屏上会增加一个突出的单体分心物，从而增加了任务的难度。但是，如果单个干扰物更频繁地出现在显示屏的某一特定位置，参与者最终就会学会抑制对这一位置的注意。有人认为，这种学习可能是内隐的，与工作记忆（WM）资源无关。据我们所知，只有一项研究探讨了工作记忆对抑制效果的影响（Gao 和 Theeuwes，《心理学通报与评论》，27, 96-104, 2020 年）。然而，我们有理由怀疑，该研究中使用的 WM 负荷的数量和类型可能并不理想，无法检测出对分心抑制的影响。本研究的目的就是针对这些问题，探讨 WM 负荷对分心抑制的影响。与我们的预期相反，我们的研究结果证实，这种类型的学习确实具有很强的恢复能力，即使是对 WM 负荷的强烈操纵也是如此。

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Attention Perception & Psychophysics 医学-心理学

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

17.60%

发文量

197

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics is an official journal of the Psychonomic Society. It spans all areas of research in sensory processes, perception, attention, and psychophysics. Most articles published are reports of experimental work; the journal also presents theoretical, integrative, and evaluative reviews. Commentary on issues of importance to researchers appears in a special section of the journal. Founded in 1966 as Perception & Psychophysics, the journal assumed its present name in 2009.