Effects of cue validity upon performance in the attention cueing paradigm.
Two experiments were run wherein normal subjects made choice reactions to targets preceded by location cues. Systematic manipulation of the predictive validity of the cue produced consistent advantages for subjects in the low as opposed to the high predictive validity condition. Performance advantages were observed in both response time and accuracy measures. The results are discussed with respect to models of visual orienting and controlled versus automatic processing.
Whitehead
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Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Denver 80217, USA. RWHITEHEAD@CASTLE.CUDENVER.EDU
MacKenzie
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Schliebner
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Bachorowski
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D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010551:Personality; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology