title: Multiple cueing dissociates location- and feature-based repetition effects.
abstract: There is an extensive literature on the phenomenon of inhibition of return (IOR): When attention is drawn to a peripheral location and then removed, response time is delayed if a target appears in the previously inspected location. Recent research suggests that non-spatial attribute repetition (i.e., if a target shares a feature like color with the earlier, cueing, stimulus) can have a similar inhibitory effect, at least when the target appears in the previously cued location. What remains unknown is whether location- and feature-based inhibitory effects can be dissociated. In the present study, we used a multiple cueing approach to investigate the properties of location- and feature-based repetition effects. In two experiments (detection, and discrimination), location-based IOR was absent but feature-based inhibition was consistently observed. Thus, the present results indicate that feature- and location-based inhibitory effects are dissociable. The results also provide support for the view that the attentional consequences of multiple cues reflect the overall center of gravity of the cues. We suggest that the repetition costs associated with feature and location repetition may be best understood as a consequence of the pattern of activation for object files associated with the stimuli present in the displays.
authors.affiliation: Human Neuroscience Institute, Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Electronic address: hkesong@cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Kesong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Junya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Bingzhao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Shuchang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, NY 11794, USA; Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language, Donostia-San Sebastian 20009, Spain; IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48011, Spain. Electronic address: a.samuel@bcbl.eu.
authors.forename: Arthur G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Samuel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Feature-based inhibition; Location-based inhibition; Multiple cueing; Population coding