Citation

Reppa I, Schmidt WC, Leek EC. Atten. Percept. Psychophys. 2012; 74(1): 43-69.

Affiliation

Wales Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, Wales, UK, i.reppa@swansea.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.3758/s13414-011-0211-x

PMID

22052445

Abstract

Over 30 years of research using Posner's spatial cueing paradigm has shown that selective attention operates on representations of spatial locations, leading to space-based theories of attention. Manipulations of stimuli and methods have shown this paradigm to be sensitive to several types of object-based representations-providing evidence for theories incorporating object-based attentional selection. This paper critically evaluates the evidence demanding object-based explanations that go beyond positing spatial representations alone, with an emphasis on identifying and interpreting successes and failures in obtaining object-based cueing effects. This overview of current evidence is used to generate hypotheses regarding critical factors in the emergence and influence of object representations-their generation, strength, and maintenance-in the modulation of object-based facilitatory and inhibitory cueing effects.

Language: en