Department of Psychology, Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 111 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA.
Atten Percept Psychophys. 2021 Feb;83(2):587-602. doi: 10.3758/s13414-020-02118-8.
Selective attention affords scrutinizing items in our environment. However, attentional selection changes over time and across space. Empirically, repetition of visual search conditions changes attentional processing. Priming of pop-out is a vivid example. Repeatedly searching for the same pop-out search feature is accomplished with faster response times and fewer errors. We review the psychophysical background of priming of pop-out, focusing on the hypothesis that it arises through changes in visual selective attention. We also describe research done with macaque monkeys to understand the neural mechanisms supporting visual selective attention and priming of pop-out, and survey research on priming of pop-out using noninvasive brain measures with humans. We conclude by hypothesizing three alternative neural mechanisms and highlighting open questions.
选择性注意使我们能够仔细观察环境中的项目。然而，注意力的选择会随着时间和空间的变化而变化。从经验上看，重复视觉搜索条件会改变注意力处理方式。突出显示的启动就是一个生动的例子。重复搜索相同的突出搜索特征可以更快地做出反应，并且错误更少。我们回顾了突出显示启动的心理物理学背景，重点介绍了它是通过视觉选择性注意的变化而产生的假设。我们还描述了用猕猴进行的研究，以了解支持视觉选择性注意和突出显示启动的神经机制，并调查了使用非侵入性脑测量技术在人类中进行的突出显示启动研究。最后，我们假设了三种替代的神经机制，并强调了一些悬而未决的问题。
