Capture and Control: Working Memory Modulates Attentional Capture by Reward-Related Stimuli. (August 2019)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Capture and Control: Working Memory Modulates Attentional Capture by Reward-Related Stimuli. (August 2019)
- Main Title:
- Capture and Control: Working Memory Modulates Attentional Capture by Reward-Related Stimuli
- Authors:
- Watson, Poppy
Pearson, Daniel
Chow, Michelle
Theeuwes, Jan
Wiers, Reinout W.
Most, Steven B.
Le Pelley, Mike E. - Abstract:
- Physically salient but task-irrelevant distractors can capture attention in visual search, but resource-dependent, executive-control processes can help reduce this distraction. However, it is not only physically salient stimuli that grab our attention: Recent research has shown that reward history also influences the likelihood that stimuli will capture attention. Here, we investigated whether resource-dependent control processes modulate the effect of reward on attentional capture, much as for the effect of physical salience. To this end, we used eye tracking with a rewarded visual search task and compared performance under conditions of high and low working memory load. In two experiments, we demonstrated that oculomotor capture by high-reward distractor stimuli is enhanced under high memory load. These results highlight the role of executive-control processes in modulating distraction by reward-related stimuli. Our findings have implications for understanding the neurocognitive processes involved in real-life conditions in which reward-related stimuli may influence behavior, such as addiction.
- Is Part Of:
- Psychological science. Volume 30:Number 8(2019)
- Journal:
- Psychological science
- Issue:
- Volume 30:Number 8(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 30, Issue 8 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 8
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0030-0008-0000
- Page Start:
- 1174
- Page End:
- 1185
- Publication Date:
- 2019-08
- Subjects:
- attention -- cognitive processes -- rewards -- motivation -- open data -- open materials
Psychology -- Periodicals
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- 10.1177/0956797619855964 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0956-7976
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