@article{ref1,
title="Investigating deviance distraction and the impact of the modality of the to-be-ignored stimuli",
journal="Experimental psychology",
year="2018",
author="Marsja, Erik and Neely, Gregory and Ljungberg, Jessica K.",
volume="65",
number="2",
pages="61-70",
abstract="It has been suggested that deviance distraction is caused by unexpected sensory events in the to-be-ignored stimuli violating the cognitive system's predictions of incoming stimuli. The majority of research has used methods where the to-be-ignored expected (standards) and the unexpected (deviants) stimuli are presented within the same modality. Less is known about the behavioral impact of deviance distraction when the to-be-ignored stimuli are presented in different modalities (e.g., standard and deviants presented in different modalities). In three experiments using cross-modal oddball tasks with mixed-modality to-be-ignored stimuli, we examined the distractive role of unexpected auditory deviants presented in a continuous stream of expected standard vibrations. The results showed that deviance distraction seems to be dependent upon the to-be-ignored stimuli being presented within the same modality, and that the simplest omission of something expected; in this case, a standard vibration may be enough to capture attention and distract performance.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1618-3169",
doi="10.1027/1618-3169/a000390",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000390"
}