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Citation

Hauthal N, Neumann MF, Schweinberger SR. Atten. Percept. Psychophys. 2012; 74(6): 1312-1320.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Neuropsychology Lab, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany, nadine.hauthal@uni-oldenburg.de.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.3758/s13414-012-0320-1

PMID

22638944

Abstract

The case of human deafness constitutes a unique opportunity to examine possible consequences for perceptual processing due to altered sensory experiences. We tested whether deaf-in contrast to hearing-individuals are more susceptible to visual distraction from peripheral than from central face versus object stimuli. The participants were required to classify the gender of a target male or female symbol presented either alone (low perceptual load) or together with three filler symbols (high perceptual load), while ignoring gender-congruent or -incongruent face versus object distractors presented at central or peripheral positions. The gender classifications were affected by distractor gender under low, but not under high, perceptual load in hearing participants. In contrast, the responses of deaf participants were similarly influenced by distractor gender under both levels of perceptual load. There was no evidence for generally enhanced attention to the visual periphery in deaf individuals. Our results indicate that auditory deprivation may result in enhanced attentional capacities under high perceptual load.


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