TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Inhibition drives early feature-based attention
JO  - Psychological science
A1  - Moher, Jeff
A1  - Lakshmanan, Balaji M.
A1  - Egeth, Howard E.
A1  - Ewen, Joshua B.
SP  - 315
EP  - 324
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
N2  - Attention can modulate processing of visual input according to task-relevant features, even as early as approximately 100 ms after stimulus presentation. In the present study, event-related potential and behavioral data revealed that inhibition of distractor features, rather than activation of target features, is the primary driver of early feature-based selection in human observers. This discovery of inhibition consistent with task goals during early visual processing suggests that inhibition plays a much larger role at an earlier stage of target selection than previously recognized. It also highlights the importance of understanding the role of inhibition (in addition to activation) in attention.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0956-7976
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797613511257
ID  - ref1
ER  -