Context-specific distractors rejection: contextual cues control long-term habituation of attentional capture by abrupt onsets

• Published in: Visual cognition Vol. 27; no. 3-4; pp. 291 - 304
• Main Authors: Turatto, Massimo, Bonetti, Francesca, Chiandetti, Cinzia, Pascucci, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hove Routledge 21.04.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: attentional capture; context; distractor filtering; Habituation; Visual stimuli; Visual system

The possibility to counteract visual distraction is fundamental for an efficient interaction with the environment, particularly when a salient but irrelevant stimulation repeatedly impinges our visual system. Previous studies have shown that such unwanted attentional capture is subject to habituatio...