Department of Neural and Visual Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Cogn Neuropsychol. 2006 Oct 1;23(7):1065-74. doi: 10.1080/02643290600588426.
In recent years much work has been devoted to the study of a behavioural phenomenon in visual reaction time, called inhibition of return (IOR), which has been linked to the orienting of visuo-spatial attention. Specifically, the term refers to an automatic inhibition of the return of attention to recently explored locations. The present paper is aimed at questioning the appropriateness of the term, which suggests the operation of a mechanism that is far from being convincingly demonstrated. In spite of its simplicity, the IOR phenomenon cannot be accounted for by a single mechanism and most probably involves both sensory and attentional components, as originally assumed by Posner and Cohen (1984), as well as motor and oculomotor components.
近年来，人们致力于研究视觉反应时间中的一种行为现象，称为返回抑制（IOR），它与视空间注意的定向有关。具体来说，这个术语指的是一种自动抑制注意返回最近探索过的位置的现象。本文旨在质疑这个术语的恰当性，因为它所暗示的机制远未得到令人信服的证明。尽管 IOR 现象很简单，但正如 Posner 和 Cohen（1984）最初假设的那样，它不可能仅由单一机制来解释，很可能涉及感觉和注意成分，以及运动和眼动成分。
