Inhibition of return at foveal and extrafoveal locations: re-assessing the evidence.
Inhibition of return (IOR) has been described as a hallmark of externally controlled orienting of attention using extrafoveal cues and targets. This paper describes an IOR like inhibition of reaction time for the detection of targets at the fovea that cannot be explained by shift of covert attention. This foveal RT inhibition adds to the evidence that challenges the view of IOR-like phenomena as obligatory expressions of orienting and attentional control.
Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Verona, Italy. sonia.mele@univr.it
Sonia
S
Mele
Giovanni
G
Berlucchi
Andrea
A
Peru
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult