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Electrophysiological evidence of visual encoding deficits in a cross‐modal attentional blink paradigm
Author(s) -
Dell'acqua R.,
Jolicoeur P.,
Pesciarelli F.,
Job R.,
Palomba D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/1469-8986.00064
Subject(s) - rapid serial visual presentation , attentional blink , psychology , stimulus (psychology) , stimulus onset asynchrony , electrophysiology , event related potential , electroencephalography , audiology , cognitive psychology , orienting response , neuroscience , communication , perception , habituation , medicine
Two experiments are reported in which two target stimuli, T1 and T2, were presented at variable stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs). In Experiment 1, T1 and T2 were visual stimuli embedded in a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) stream of distractors. Participants were asked to report T1 and T2 at the end of the stream. In Experiment 2, T1 was an auditory stimulus, and T2 a visual stimulus embedded in an RSVP stream. Participants made a speeded discriminative response to T1, and reported T2 at the end of the stream. An attentional blink (AB) effect was observed in both experiments: T2 report suffered at short SOA compared to long SOA. During the AB, the amplitude of the P300 component of the event‐related potential (ERP) locked to T2 onset was sensibly reduced in both experiments. Behavioral and ERP results were very similar across the two experiments. Implications for models of the AB effect are discussed.