Temporal integration of target features across and within trials in the attentional blink

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2024

Abstract

Attentional blink research has typically investigated attentional limitations in multiple target processing. The current study investigated the temporal integration of target features in the attentional blink. Across two experiments, we demonstrated that the orientation estimations of individual target items in the attentional blink paradigm were systematically biased. Specifically, there was evidence for both within- and across-trial biases, revealing a general bias towards previously presented stimuli. Moreover, both biases were found to be more salient for targets suffering from the attentional blink. The current study is the first to demonstrate an across-trial bias in responses in the attentional blink paradigm. This set of findings is in line with the literature, suggesting that the human visual system can implicitly summarize information presented over time, which may lead to biases. By investigating temporal integration in the attentional blink, we have been able to address the modulatory role of attention on biases imposed by the implicit temporal effects in estimation tasks. Our findings may inform future research on attentional blink, serial dependence, and ensemble perception.

Identifier

85185925257 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02859-w

e-ISSN

1943393X

ISSN

19433921

PubMed ID

38413506

First Page

731

Last Page

749

Issue

3

Volume

86

Grant

122K291

Fund Ref

Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu

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