The reset effect of attention depends on the phase of ongoing attention oscillation
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: A peripheral cue is believed to reset the phase of ongoing attention oscillation to the cued location. In the current study, we tested whether the reset effect of attention depends on the phase of ongoing attention oscillation. We devised a two-cue-1-probe behavioral paradigm to measure this effect. The first cue was used to trigger rhythmic attention sampling between two locations, the second cue was presented at two opposing phases of the rhythm, when attention was sampling either the same (in-phase) or opposing (out-of-phase) side of the first cue. The probe was presented at variable SOAs at 25-ms interval to measure the time course of reaction time. The two phases for presenting the second cue were determined by a pilot experiment in which only the first cue and the probe was presented. The results from a sample of 20 university students revealed that the amplitude of oscillation was enhanced when the second cue was presented in-phase with the attention sampling. Interestingly, when the second cue was presented out-of-phase or opposite to the currently sampled location, it reduced the amplitude of ongoing attention oscillation rather than reset the sampling of attention to the cued location. Taken together, these results suggest that the effect of reset event on attention sampling depends on the phase of ongoing attention oscillation.
Source: Journal of Vision
Author: DIKANG YIN
Institutions: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,850
OpenAlex ID: W4402905368