Citation

Tipper SP, Weaver B, Cameron S, Brehaut JC, Bastedo J. J. Exp. Psychol. Learn. Mem. Cogn. 1991; 17(4): 681-692.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1832432

Abstract

It has been proposed that 1 component of the mechanism of visual selective attention is active inhibition of distracting information. A series of studies examines the time course of inhibition and the possible interfering effects of other task demands. Results demonstrate that inhibition can last at least 7 s after selection processes and that it is unaffected by predictable, unrelated intervening events. However, intervening events that are less predictable, or are the same as the inhibited stimulus, disrupt inhibition. Such results motivate a reconsideration of the previous view of distractor inhibition as a transient, fragile phenomenon.

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