Auditory attentional capture during serial recall: violations at encoding of an algorithm-based neural model?
A novel attentional capture effect is reported in which visual-verbal serial recall was disrupted if a single deviation in the interstimulus interval occurred within otherwise regularly presented task-irrelevant spoken items. The degree of disruption was the same whether the temporal deviant was embedded in a sequence made up of a repeating item or a sequence of changing items. Moreover, the effect was evident during the presentation of the to-be-remembered sequence but not during rehearsal just prior to recall, suggesting that the encoding of sequences is particularly susceptible. The results suggest that attentional capture is due to a violation of an algorithm rather than an aggregate-based neural model and further undermine an attentional capture-based account of the classical changing-state irrelevant sound effect.
Hughes
Robert W
RW
School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, Wales, United Kingdom. hughesrw@cardiff.ac.uk
Vachon
François
F
Jones
Dylan M
DM
D000465:Algorithms; D001288:Attention; D006801:Humans; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D011939:Mental Recall; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011601:Psychophysics; D011930:Reaction Time; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012691:Serial Learning; D013067:Speech Perception; D014706:Verbal Learning