Authors:

BARNARD, P., SCOTT, S., TAYLOR, J., May, J. & KNIGHTLEY, W.

Reference:

Year of publication:

2004

CBU number:

5820

Abstract:

Several paradigms show that responses to one event compromise responses to a second event for around 500ms. Such effects are generally attributed to attentional capacity limitations associated with processing information in the first event. In a task where targets could be distinguished only by their meaning, we varied the semantic relationship between distractors and targets following at different lags. Semantic relatedness alone is shown to produce a classic "attentional blink." We conclude by discussing how attention theory might best accommodate these effects.