Progress toward resolving the attentional capture debate

For over 25 years, researchers have debated whether physically salient stimuli capture attention in an automatic manner, independent of the observer's goals, or whether the capture of attention depends on the match between a stimulus and the observer's task set. Recent evidence suggests an...

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Published inVisual cognition Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21
Main Authors Luck, Steven J., Gaspelin, Nicholas, Folk, Charles L., Remington, Roger W., Theeuwes, Jan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Routledge 2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Attention
attentional set
control
Debates
Salience
suppression
visual search
salience
suppression
attention
control
visual search
attentional set
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Summary:For over 25 years, researchers have debated whether physically salient stimuli capture attention in an automatic manner, independent of the observer's goals, or whether the capture of attention depends on the match between a stimulus and the observer's task set. Recent evidence suggests an intermediate position in which salient stimuli automatically produce a priority signal, but the capture of attention can be prevented via an inhibitory mechanism that suppresses the salient stimulus. Here, proponents from multiple sides of the debate describe how their original views have changed in light of recent research, as well as remaining areas of disagreement. These perspectives highlight some emerging areas of consensus and provide new directions for future research on attentional capture.
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ISSN:1350-6285
1464-0716
DOI:10.1080/13506285.2020.1848949