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Attentional modulation of unconscious inhibitory visuomotor processes: An EEG study
Author(s) -
Wang Yongchun,
Di Meilin,
Zhao Jingjing,
Hu Saisai,
Yao Zhao,
Wang Yonghui
Publication year - 2020
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/psyp.13561
Subject(s) - psychology , cognitive psychology , unconscious mind , prime (order theory) , electroencephalography , subliminal stimuli , task (project management) , neuroscience , mathematics , management , combinatorics , psychoanalysis , economics
The present study examined the role of attention in unconscious inhibitory visuomotor processes in three experiments that employed a mixed paradigm including a spatial cueing task and masked prime task. Spatial attention to the prime was manipulated. Specifically, the valid‐cue condition (in which the prime obtained more attentional resources) and invalid‐cue condition (in which the prime obtained fewer attentional resources) were included. The behavioral results showed that the negative compatibility effect (a behavioral indicator of inhibitory visuomotor processing) in the valid‐cue condition was larger than that in the invalid‐cue condition. Most importantly, lateralized readiness potential results indicated that the prime‐related activation was stronger in the valid‐cue condition than in the invalid‐cue condition and that the followed inhibition in the compatible trials was also stronger in the valid‐cue condition than in the invalid‐cue condition. In line with the proposed attentional modulation model, unconscious visuomotor inhibitory processing is modulated by attentional resources.