High Overlap Between T1 and T2 Reduces the Attentional Blink Effect

Parameterizing the attentional blink effect.

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale ◽

10.1037/cjep2006017 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 60 (3) ◽

pp. 175-189 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Denis Cousineau ◽

Dominic Charbonneau ◽

Pierre Jolicoeur

Keyword(s):

Attentional Blink ◽

Attentional Blink Effect

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Switching Between Goals Mediates the Attentional Blink Effect

Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) ◽

10.1027/1618-3169.54.2.89 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 89-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Fabio Ferlazzo ◽

Sabrina Lucido ◽

Francesco Di Nocera ◽

Sabrina Fagioli ◽

Stefano Sdoia

Keyword(s):

Attentional Blink ◽

Impaired Ability ◽

Processing Information ◽

Attentional Blink Effect

Abstract. Humans are fundamentally limited in processing information from the outside world. This is particularly evident in the attentional blink (AB), the impaired ability to identify the second of two targets presented in close succession. We report findings from three experiments showing that the AB is significantly reduced when observers are set to achieve one single goal (reporting combinations of the two targets) instead of separate goals (reporting the two targets). This finding raises questions about the nature of AB, and suggests that processes involved in goal-switching must be taken into account by theories of the AB phenomenon.

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Reassessing the Role of Control in the Modulation of the Attentional Blink Effect

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e512682013-020 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Roberto Dell'Acqua ◽

Patrik Pluchino ◽

Pierre Jolicoeur

Keyword(s):

Attentional Blink ◽

Attentional Blink Effect

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Failure to identify the target does not prevent the attentional blink effect

Neuroreport ◽

10.1097/00001756-200008210-00033 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. 2775-2780 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christine Moroni ◽

Muriel Boucart ◽

Glyn W. Humphreys ◽

Marie-Anne Henaff ◽

Catherine Belin

Keyword(s):

Attentional Blink ◽

Attentional Blink Effect

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A Design of Global Workspace Model with Attention: Simulations of Attentional Blink and Lag-1 Sparing

Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness ◽

10.1142/s2705078521500211 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-29

Author(s):

Wenjie Huang ◽

Antonio Chella ◽

Angelo Cangelosi

Keyword(s):

Attentional Blink ◽

Attention Mechanism ◽

Synchronization Mechanism ◽

Global Workspace ◽

Attentional Blink Effect ◽

Sparing Effect ◽

Human Brains ◽

Future Work ◽

Neuroscience Of Attention ◽

Lag 1 Sparing

There are many developed theories and implemented artificial systems in the area of machine consciousness, while none has achieved that. For a possible approach, we are interested in implementing a system by integrating different theories. Along this way, this paper proposes a model based on the global workspace theory and attention mechanism, and providing a fundamental framework for our future work. To examine this model, two experiments are conducted. The first one demonstrates the agent’s ability to shift attention over multiple stimuli, which accounts for the dynamics of conscious content. Another experiment of simulations of attentional blink and lag-1 sparing, which are two well-studied effects in psychology and neuroscience of attention and consciousness, aims to justify the agent’s compatibility with human brains. In summary, the main contributions of this paper are (1) Adaptation of the global workspace framework by separated workspace nodes, reducing unnecessary computation but retaining the potential of global availability; (2) Embedding attention mechanism into the global workspace framework as the competition mechanism for the consciousness access; (3) Proposing a synchronization mechanism in the global workspace for supporting lag-1 sparing effect, retaining the attentional blink effect.

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Capturing and Unmasking the Mask in the Auditory Attentional Blink

Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) ◽

10.1027/1618-3169/a000041 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 57 (5) ◽

pp. 346-353 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

François Vachon ◽

Sébastien Tremblay ◽

Robert W. Hughes ◽

Dylan M. Jones

Keyword(s):

Attentional Blink ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Induction Sequence ◽

Contralateral Ear ◽

T1 And T2 ◽

Detrimental Impact

Key to our understanding of the temporal limits of attention as reflected in the attentional blink (AB) – the failure to report the second of two targets (T1 and T2) presented in close succession – is the detrimental impact of posttarget distractors, accounted for typically by the construct of masking. Within the context of the auditory AB, we tested the notion of masking by seeking to perceptually “capture” the T2 + 1 distractor away from the target-containing sequence to examine whether perceptual organizational factors could, instead, explain the action of T2 + 1. Using monaural sequences of tones, the presentation of T2 + 1 contralaterally to the rest of the sounds produced the AB. However, the AB was abolished when that contralateral T2 + 1 was perceptually grouped with an induction sequence of irrelevant tones presented to the contralateral ear. Such findings are consistent with a selection-based approach to the AB that emphasizes failure of inhibition and misselection while suggesting a diminished role for masking.

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