Hackländer Ryan, Baess Pamela, Bermeitinger Christina
Cognitive Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Universitaetsplatz 1, D-31141, Hildesheim, Germany.
Atten Percept Psychophys. 2025 Feb;87(2):458-479. doi: 10.3758/s13414-024-02986-4. Epub 2024 Dec 19.
The attentional blink (AB) paradigm is frequently used to investigate temporal attention. Essentially, rapid serial visual streams of several distractors and two targets are presented. The accuracy in detecting the second target stimulus (T2) decreases in the time window between 100 and 500 ms following accurate detection of the first target stimulus (T1). In two experiments, Colzato et al. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 76, 1510-1515, (2014) reported evidence for a modulation of the AB effect depending on the presentation of different ambient odors: Peppermint increased the AB compared with lavender. In the current study, we tried to replicate their basic findings while using different methods and procedures to present the lavender versus peppermint odorants. In three experiments, we found no evidence that these odorants influence the AB effect. We discuss our findings in comparison with those from Colzato et al., in relation to other empirical research in this field as well as in regard to different hypotheses concerning how odorants may influence human cognition.
注意瞬脱（AB）范式常被用于研究时间注意力。本质上，会呈现包含多个干扰物和两个目标的快速序列视觉流。在准确检测到第一个目标刺激（T1）后的100至500毫秒时间窗口内，检测第二个目标刺激（T2）的准确率会下降。在两项实验中，科尔扎托等人（《注意力、感知与心理物理学》，第76卷，第1510 - 1515页，2014年）报告了根据不同环境气味呈现而对AB效应进行调制的证据：与薰衣草相比，薄荷会增强AB效应。在当前研究中，我们尝试在使用不同方法和程序来呈现薰衣草与薄荷气味剂的同时重复他们的基本发现。在三项实验中，我们没有发现这些气味剂会影响AB效应的证据。我们将把我们的发现与科尔扎托等人的发现进行比较，同时结合该领域的其他实证研究以及关于气味剂如何影响人类认知的不同假设进行讨论。
