scholarly journals The breadth of attention modulates visible persistence

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 568-568
Author(s):  
L. Jefferies ◽  
L. Gmeindl ◽  
S. Yantis
Keyword(s):  
Visible Persistence ◽  
Breadth Of Attention

A model of visible persistence and temporal integration

1988 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina T. Groner ◽  
Walter F. Bischof ◽  
Vincent Di Lollo
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Integration ◽  
Visible Persistence

scholarly journals Brief Training to Modify the Breadth of Attention Influences the Generalisation of Fear

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohith M. Varma ◽  
Riddhi J. Pitliya ◽  
Tomislav D. Zbozinek ◽  
Tomer Shechner ◽  
Tom J. Barry
Keyword(s):  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Reinforcement Schedule ◽  
Local Group ◽  
Attentional Focus ◽  
Important Process ◽  
Attentional Training ◽  
Brief Training ◽  
Skin Conductance Responses ◽  
Attentional Breadth ◽  
Breadth Of Attention

Abstract Background Generalisation of fear from dangerous to safe stimuli is an important process associated with anxiety disorders. However, factors that contribute towards fear (over)-generalisation remain poorly understood. The present investigation explored how attentional breadth (global/holistic and local/analytic) influences fear generalisation and, whether people trained to attend in a global vs. local manner show more or less generalisation. Methods Participants (N = 39) were shown stimuli which comprised of large ‘global’ letters and smaller ‘local’ letters (e.g. an F comprised of As) and they either had to identify the global or local letter. Participants were then conditioned to fear a face by pairing it with an aversive scream (75% reinforcement schedule). Perceptually similar, but safe, faces, were then shown. Self-reported fear levels and skin conductance responses were measured. Results Compared to participants in Global group, participants in Local group demonstrated greater fear for dangerous stimulus (CS +) as well as perceptually similar safe stimuli. Conclusions Participants trained to attend to stimuli in a local/analytical manner showed higher magnitude of fear acquisition and generalisation than participants trained to attend in a global/holistic way. Breadth of attentional focus can influence overall fear levels and fear generalisation and this can be manipulated via attentional training.

Exercise-Induced Physiological Arousal Biases Attention Toward Threatening Scene Details

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-95
Author(s):  
Tad T. Brunyé ◽  
Caroline R. Mahoney
Keyword(s):  
Aerobic Exercise ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Present Experiment ◽  
Physiological State ◽  
Physiological Arousal ◽  
Attention And Memory ◽  
Repeated Measures Design ◽  
Scene Memory ◽  
Exercise Induced ◽  
Breadth Of Attention

The present experiment examined whether physiological arousal induced by acute bouts of aerobic exercise would influence attention and memory for scenes depicting or not depicting weapons. In a repeated-measures design, participants exercised at either low or high exertion levels. During exercise, they were presented with images, some of which depicted weapons; immediately following exercise, they completed a recognition test for portions of central and peripheral scene regions. Two primary results emerged. First, in the low exertion condition, we replicated extant research showing inferior peripheral scene memory when images contained, versus did not contain, weapons. Second, the high exertion condition increased central scene memory relative to low exertion, and this effect was specific to images containing weapons. Thus, we provide evidence for accentuated weapon focus effects during states of exercise-induced physiological arousal. These results contribute new applied and theoretical understandings regarding the interactions between physiological state, breadth of attention, and memory.

Cue Processing as a Function of Breadth of Attention

1982 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
JoAnn Reis ◽  
Anne Marie Bird
Keyword(s):  
Strong Support ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Self Report ◽  
False Feedback ◽  
Capacity Theory ◽  
Peripheral Cues ◽  
Processing Ability ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Cue Processing ◽  
Breadth Of Attention

This two part investigation tested whether or not a self-report measure of broad or narrow attentional style (i.e., the BET and RED subscales of the Test of Attentional and Interpersonal Style-TAIS) could predict cue-processing ability on a task that required processing of peripheral cues. In Experiment 1, it was hypothesized that broad attenders would be superior to narrow attenders. Two separate probe techniques were used to measure peripheral cue processing. Results indicated marginal support for the prediction on the first probe and strong support on the second probe. In Experiment 2, subjects received either positive or negative false feedback in an attempt to manipulate level of anxiety and to observe the subsequent effects on the cue-processing ability of broad and narrow attenders. Broad attenders who received positive feedback processed peripheral cues faster than all other subjects. Findings were discussed within the framework of Kahneman's capacity theory of attention and the desirability of employing a precise operational definition of attention within individual difference research.

scholarly journals Separating visible persistence from retinal afterimages

1988 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Di Lollo ◽  
Craig D. Clark ◽  
John H. Hogben
Keyword(s):  
Visible Persistence
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