Oculomotor inhibition of salient distractors: Voluntary inhibition cannot override selection history

• Published in: Visual cognition Vol. 27; no. 3-4; pp. 227 - 246
• Main Authors: Gaspelin, Nicholas, Gaspar, John M., Luck, Steven J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Attention; Attentional capture; Color; eye movements; inhibition; priming; selection history; priming; attentional capture; inhibition; selection history; eye movements

Several studies have demonstrated that salient distractors can be proactively inhibited to prevent attentional capture. Traditional theories frame attentional guidance effects such as this in terms of explicit goals. However, several researchers have recently argued that that unconscious factors - s...