title: Control of spatial orienting: context-specific proportion cued effects in an exogenous spatial cueing task.
abstract: Cognitive control refers to the ability to adjust strategy use based on the demands of a current context or task. Recent research using attentional filtering tasks has shown that cognitive control can adapt rapidly and automatically in accord with learning that is specific to particular tasks, items, and contexts (Crump, Gong, & Milliken, 2006; Fernandez-Duque & Knight, 2008; Jacoby, Lindsay, & Hessels, 2003). However, the role of context-specific control has not been investigated in detail in spatial orienting tasks. In a series of three experiments, the proportion of validly cued trials in an exogenous spatial cueing task was manipulated for one context but not for another context, with the two contexts intermixed randomly across trials. The results revealed that spatial/temporal contextual cues in conjunction, but not individually, produced context-specific control over spatial orienting.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, Hamilton, Ontario L8S4K1, Canada. Electronic address: goughaw@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gough
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, Hamilton, Ontario L8S4K1, Canada. Electronic address: garciajm@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Granada, Faculty of Psychology, Avda, del Hospicio, s/n, C.P. 18071 Granada, Spain. Electronic address: maryem_torres@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Maryem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torres-Quesada
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, Hamilton, Ontario L8S4K1, Canada. Electronic address: millike@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milliken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cognitive control; Context-specific learning; Spatial orienting