Attraction, Distraction and Action: Volume 133

Preface

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Contributors

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Part I: Neuroscience

1: Electrophysiological Studies of Reflexive Attention

Abstract
Background
The Effects of Reflexive Attentional Capture on Visual Processing: ERP Studies
Inhibition of Return: Inhibition of Perceptual Processing or Motor Programming?
Conclusions
Authors' Notes


2: Inhibition of Return in Monkey and Man

Introduction
Summary and Conclusion




Part II: Visual Cognition

3: Inattentional Blindness and Attentional Capture: Evidence for Attention-Based Theories of Visual Salience

The Present Experiments
Experiment 1
Results and Discussion
Experiment 2
General Discussion
Author Notes


4: Involuntary Orienting to Flashing Distractors in Delayed Search?

Experiment 1
Experiment 2
Experiment 3
Results
General Discussion


5: Attentional Capture in the Spatial and Temporal Domains

The Contingent Capture Hypothesis
A Challenge to the Contingent Capture Hypothesis
New Evidence of Top-Down Control in Visual Search
The RSVP Paradigm and the Attentional Blink
Attentional Capture in the RSVP paradigm
General Discussion
Author Note


6: Attentional and Oculomotor Capture

Attentional Capture
Oculomotor capture
Further speculations
Authors Notes


7: Attention Capture, Orienting, and Awareness

Selective Looking, Inattentional Blindness, and Explicit Attention Capture
Integrating Implicit and Explicit Attention Capture
Conclusion
Acknowledgments




Part III: Multiple Modalities

8: Using Pre-pulse Inhibition to Study Attentional Capture: A Warning About Pre-pulse Correlations

Temporal Dynamics of Pre-pulse Inhibition
Pre-pulse Inhibition and Attentional Capture
Classical Conditioning of Pre-pulse Inhibition
Overview
Discussion
Conclusions


9: Temporal Expectancies, Capture, and Timing in Auditory Sequences

I Attending to Visual and Auditory Events: An Overview
II Dynamics of Attending to Auditory Sequences
III Evidence for Dynamic Attending to Slow Auditory Sequences
IV General Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgements


10: Crossmodal Attentional Capture: A Controversy Resolved?

Introduction
Speeded Detection Tasks
Speeded Discrimination Tasks
Implicit spatial discrimination task
Crossmodal Attentional Capture
Modality-Specific vs. Supramodal Attention Systems
Neural Correlates of Crossmodal Capture
Crossmodal Capture in the Applied Domain
Conclusions
Author Notes




Part IV: Developmental

11: Testing Models of Attentional Capture During Early Infancy

The Selectivity of Visual Attention Early in Life
Methodology and Modeling
Some Sample Data on Selectivity and Capture
Considering Other Models
Conclusions
Author Note


12: Attentional Capture, Attentional Control and Aging

Cognitive Aging: Theory and Research
Attentional Control: Interaction of Stimulus-Driven and Goal-Directed Attention
Aging and Attentional Capture
Summary and Conclusion
Acknowledgments




Part V: Individual Differences

13: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Attentional Control

Relationships Between Motivation and Attention
Individual Differences in Motivation and Attention
Studies Relating Temperament, Motivation, and Attention
Summary and Conclusions


14: Capacity, Control and Conflict: An Individual Differences Perspective on Attentional Capture

Working Memory and Working Memory Capacity
Working Memory Capacity Predicts Attentional Control and Capture: The Evidence
Conclusion
Authors' Notes




Part VI: Dynmical Systems/Evolution

15: A Dynamic, Evolutionary Perspective on Attention Capture1

The Phenomena to be Explained and the Explanations
Limitations to Contemporary Theories of Attention Capture
A Dynamical Systems Framework
Segue
Attention Capture and Biological Evolution
Attention Capture and Cultural Evolution
Social Implications of Attention Capture




Subject index

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