@article{ref1,
title="Peripheral visual changes and spatial attention",
journal="Acta psychologica",
year="1991",
author="Lambert, A. and Spencer, M. and Hockey, R.",
volume="76",
number="2",
pages="149-163",
abstract="Three experiments are reported investigating the attentional effects of peripheral visual changes. In agreement with previous work, experiment 1 demonstrated facilitatory and inhibitory effects of a peripheral visual change on the latency of peripheral target detection. However, after a few minutes practice the facilitatory effect disappeared entirely. The inhibitory effect, though slightly reduced in later blocks, remained significant. Hence, the two effects are dissociable and not inter-dependent as argued by Maylor (1985). In experiments 2 and 3 the perceptual salience of the peripheral cue was manipulated. With a low energy, barely noticeable cue there was no reduction in either facilitation or inhibition as a function of practice. In contrast, the attentional effects of cues higher in energy tended to diminish with practice. Theoretical implications of these data are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-6918",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}