Does Joe influence Fred's action? Inhibition of return across different nervous systems

• Published in: Neuroscience letters Vol. 385; no. 2; pp. 99 - 104
• Main Authors: WELSH, Timothy N, ELLIOTT, Digby, ANSON, J. Greg, DHILLON, Victoria, WEEKS, Daniel J, LYONS, James L, CHUA, Romeo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier 09.09.2005
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Attention - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - physiology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Imitative Behavior - physiology; Male; Models, Neurological; Neural Inhibition - physiology; Neuropsychological Tests; Observer Variation; Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Reaction Time - physiology; Space Perception - physiology; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Visual Perception - physiology; Action-based attention; Nervous system; Movement; Inhibition of return; Social interaction

Inhibition of return (IOR) refers to the slowing of responses to a target that appears in the same location as a previous event. Many researchers have speculated that IOR arises from inhibitory neural processes that have developed through evolution to facilitate efficient search patterns by biasing...