@article{ref1,
title="Learned distractor rejection in the face of strong target guidance",
journal="Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance",
year="2020",
author="Stilwell, Brad T. and Vecera, Shaun P.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Visual attention is guided toward behaviorally relevant objects by target &quot;templates&quot; stored in visual memory. Visual attention also is guided away from nontarget distractors by learned distractor rejection. In a series of 5 visual search experiments, we asked if learned distractor rejection operated while attention was simultaneously guided by a target template. Participants performed a visual search in 2-color, spatially unsegregated displays where we manipulated attentional guidance by both target templates and consistent nontarget distractors. We observed faster mean response times to the target when a consistent nontarget distractor was present than when it was absent-the hallmark of learned distractor rejection-despite the use of strong target guidance. Learned distractor rejection indeed operates alongside guidance from a target template, indicating that theories of visual attention should incorporate guidance by both target templates and learned nontargets. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-1523",
doi="10.1037/xhp0000757",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000757"
}