title: Endogenous orienting is reduced during the attentional blink.
abstract: We studied endogenous cuing during the attentional blink in order to examine its resistance to dual task interference. In two experiments, we found a reduced impact of endogenous cuing during the "blink" time of the attentional blink. In a third experiment endogenous cuing was intact when it was not influenced by demands imposed by an earlier target. Contrary to a recent report (Zhang et al. in Exp Brain Res, 185, 287-295, 2008), the results indicate that endogenous orienting guided by semantic cues is susceptible to the attentional blink.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA. fdu@artsci.WUSTL.edu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Abrams
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D054518:Attentional Blink / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013334:Students; D013997:Time Factors; D014495:Universities