The impact of task-irrelevant reward on object-based attentional selection in conflict contexts.

IF 2.2 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI:10.1007/s00426-025-02109-0

Saisai Hu, Haiyang Zhang, Jingjing Zhao, Haoxuan Li, Dandan Tong, Qi Dang, Yonghui Wang, Tingting Yang

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Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated the influence of task-irrelevant reward on object-based attention in non-conflict contexts. However, it remains unclear whether object-based attention emerged and how task-irrelevant reward guide object-based attention in conflict contexts. Therefore, the present study adopted a variant of two-rectangle paradigm to investigate the impact of task-irrelevant reward on object-based attention in conflict contexts across three experiments. Experiment 1 observed object-based effects when combing the two-rectangle paradigm with the Stroop task. Experiment 2 used color character as target and found object-based effects in the incongruent-unrewarded condition, not in the incongruent-rewarded condition. The difference can be due to faster response in the incongruent-unrewarded condition for invalid same-object trials. Experiment 3 adopted monetary objects as target and observed reversed object-based effects in the incongruent-high-rewarded condition, not in the incongruent-low-rewarded condition. This was due to faster response in the incongruent-low-rewarded condition than in the incongruent-high-rewarded condition for invalid same-object trials. These findings demonstrated that task-irrelevant reward can affect the object-based attention in conflict contexts, and different types of rewards may share a common mechanism in their impact on object-based attention. Ultimately, this study provided further support for the attentional spreading theory.

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冲突情境下任务无关奖励对基于客体的注意选择的影响。

先前的研究已经证明了任务无关奖励对非冲突情境下基于对象的注意的影响。然而，目前尚不清楚是否出现了基于对象的注意，以及任务无关的奖励如何在冲突环境中引导基于对象的注意。因此，本研究采用一种变体的双矩形范式，通过三个实验来研究冲突情境下任务无关奖励对基于对象的注意的影响。实验1观察了双矩形范式与Stroop任务相结合的客体基础效应。实验2以颜色特征为目标，发现客体基础效应存在于不一致奖励条件下，而不存在于不一致奖励条件下。这种差异可能是由于在无效的相同对象试验中，不一致-无奖励条件下的反应更快。实验3以货币对象为目标，在不一致-高奖励条件下观察到相反的物体基础效应，而在不一致-低奖励条件下则没有。这是由于在无效的同物试验中，不一致-低奖励条件下的反应比不一致-高奖励条件下的反应更快。研究结果表明，任务无关奖励对冲突情境下的客体注意具有影响作用，不同类型的奖励对客体注意的影响可能具有共同的机制。最终，本研究为注意传播理论提供了进一步的支持。

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137

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