Paying attention to meaning

Barnard, P.J., Scott, S., Taylor, J., May, J. and Knightley, W. (2004) Paying attention to meaning. Psychological Science, 15 (3). pp. 179-186. ISSN 0956-7976

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Abstract

Several paradigms show that responses to one event compromise responses to a second event for around 500 ms. Such effects are generally attributed to attentional capacity limitations associated with processing information in the first event. In a task in which targets could be distinguished only by their meaning, we varied the semantic relationship between distractors and targets following at different lags. Semantic relatedness alone produced a classic attentional blink. We conclude by discussing how attention theory might best accommodate these new effects.

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Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield)
ID Code:	511
Deposited By:	Repository Officer
Deposited On:	01 Jun 2005
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2007 18:52
Published Version:	http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0956-7976
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	doi:10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.01503006.x

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