title: Is attentional focusing an inhibitory process at distractor location?
abstract: This study investigated whether attentional focusing is an inhibitory mechanism of lateral distractor stimuli. Attentional focusing is defined as the visual system capacity to vary the spatial extent of the attended area without shifting attention. A two-choice-reaction time task with compatible and incompatible flankers was used. Results were interpreted on the basis of the time course of attentional focusing.
authors.affiliation: Unità di Neuropsicologia, Istituto Scientifico "E. Medea", Via Don Luigi Monza 20, 23842, Bosisio Parini (Lecco), Italy. afacoetti@bp.Lnf.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Facoetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molteni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*