TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Concurrency benefits in the attentional blink: Attentional flexibility and shifts of decision criteria
JO  - Attention, perception and psychophysics
A1  - Lapointe-Goupil, Richard
A1  - Fortin, Claudette
A1  - Brisson, Benoit
A1  - Tremblay, Sebastien
SP  - 374
EP  - 388
VL  - 73
IS  - 2
N2  - Fundamental limitations in performing multiple tasks concurrently are well illustrated by the attentional blink (AB) deficit, which refers to the difficulty in reporting a second target (T2) when it is presented shortly after a first target (T1). Surprisingly, recent studies have shown that the AB, which is often thought of as a manifestation of capacity limitations in central processing, can be reduced when the AB task is performed simultaneously with concurrent distracting activities. In the present study, we sought to investigate whether such concurrency benefits would also be observed when the AB task was performed concurrently with a central demanding timing task. The AB was reduced under concurrent-task conditions, as compared with single-AB-task conditions, even though T1 performance was unaffected by the concurrent task. Moreover, shifts in decision criteria were found to be associated with the concurrency benefit effect.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1943-3921
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13414-010-0034-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -