Top-down control over biased competition during covert spatial orienting. Awh, E., Matsukura, M., & Serences, J. T. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform., 29(1):52 - 63, 2003.
Top-down control over biased competition during covert spatial orienting. [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
Larger benefits of spatial attention are observed when distractor interference is prevalent, supporting the view that spatial selection facilitates visual processing by suppressing distractor interference. The present work shows that cuing effects with identical visual displays can grow substantially as the probability of distractor interference increases. The probability of interference had no impact on spatial cuing effects in the absence of distractors, suggesting that the enlarged cuing effects were not caused by changes in signal enhancement or in the spatial distribution of attention. These findings suggest that attentional control settings determine more than where spatial attention is directed; top-down settings also influence how attention affects visual processing, with increased levels of distractor exclusion when distractor interference is likely. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)
@Article{Awh2003,
  author   = {Awh, Edward and Matsukura, Michi and Serences, John T.},
  journal  = {J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform.},
  title    = {Top-down control over biased competition during covert spatial orienting.},
  year     = {2003},
  number   = {1},
  pages    = {52 - 63},
  volume   = {29},
  abstract = {Larger benefits of spatial attention are observed when distractor
	interference is prevalent, supporting the view that spatial selection
	facilitates visual processing by suppressing distractor interference.
	The present work shows that cuing effects with identical visual displays
	can grow substantially as the probability of distractor interference
	increases. The probability of interference had no impact on spatial
	cuing effects in the absence of distractors, suggesting that the
	enlarged cuing effects were not caused by changes in signal enhancement
	or in the spatial distribution of attention. These findings suggest
	that attentional control settings determine more than where spatial
	attention is directed; top-down settings also influence how attention
	affects visual processing, with increased levels of distractor exclusion
	when distractor interference is likely. (PsycINFO Database Record
	(c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)},
  keywords = {spatial attention, distractor interference, visual processing, spatial orienting, spatial cuing, competition, Cognitive Processes, Cues, Distraction, Selective Attention, Spatial Perception, Spatial Orientation (Perception), Visual Perception},
  url      = {http://0-search.ebscohost.com.wam.city.ac.uk/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2003-04481-004&site=ehost-live},
}

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