Prior Entry and Temporal Attention: Cueing Affects Order Errors in RSVP
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In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol. 38, No. 1, 02.2012, p. 180-190.
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T1 - Prior Entry and Temporal Attention
T2 - Cueing Affects Order Errors in RSVP
AU - Hilkenmeier, Frederic
AU - Olivers, Christian N. L.
AU - Scharlau, Ingrid Rose
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - The law of prior entry states that attended objects come to consciousness more quickly than unattended ones. This has been well established in spatial cueing paradigms, where two task-relevant stimuli are presented near-simultaneously at two different locations. Here, we suggest that prior entry also plays a pivotal role in temporal attention paradigms, where stimuli appear at the same location but at distinct moments in time, in rapid serial presentation (RSVP). Specifically, we hypothesize that prior entry can explain temporal order reversals in reporting two targets from RSVP. In support of this, three experiments show that cueing attention toward either of the targets has a strong influence on order errors. We conclude that prior entry provides a viable explanation of the way in which relevant information is prioritized in RSVP.
AB - The law of prior entry states that attended objects come to consciousness more quickly than unattended ones. This has been well established in spatial cueing paradigms, where two task-relevant stimuli are presented near-simultaneously at two different locations. Here, we suggest that prior entry also plays a pivotal role in temporal attention paradigms, where stimuli appear at the same location but at distinct moments in time, in rapid serial presentation (RSVP). Specifically, we hypothesize that prior entry can explain temporal order reversals in reporting two targets from RSVP. In support of this, three experiments show that cueing attention toward either of the targets has a strong influence on order errors. We conclude that prior entry provides a viable explanation of the way in which relevant information is prioritized in RSVP.
KW - Psychology
KW - visual attention
KW - attentional enhancement
KW - temporal cueing
KW - prior entry
KW - attentional blink
KW - lag1-sparing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864344231&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/a0025978
DO - 10.1037/a0025978
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 22082215
VL - 38
SP - 180
EP - 190
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
SN - 1939-1277
IS - 1
ER -