Code for: Interference of irrelevant information in multisensory selection depends on attentional set
Code for: ms_attentionalset
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Jensen, Anne
Merz, Simon
Spence, Charles
Frings, Christian
Other kind(s) of contributor
University of Trier
University of Oxford
Abstract / Description
Code for: Jensen, A., Merz, S., Spence, C., & Frings, C. (2019). Interference of irrelevant information in multisensory selection depends on attentional set. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82, 1176–1195. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-019-01848-8
In the multisensory world in which we live, certain objects and events are of more relevance than others. In the laboratory, this broadly equates to the distinction between targets and distractors. In selection situations like the flanker task, the evidence suggests that the processing of multisensory distractors is influenced by attention. Here, multisensory distractor processing was investigated by modulating attentional set in three experiments in a flanker interference task, in which the targets were unisensory while the distractors were multisensory. Attentional set was modulated by making the target modality either predictable or unpredictable (Experiments 1 vs. 2, respectively). In Experiment 3, this manipulation was implemented on a within-experiment basis. Furthermore, the third experiment compared audiovisual distractors (used in all experiments) with distractors with one feature in a neutral modality (i.e., touch), that never appeared as the target modality in the flanker task. The results demonstrate that there was no interference from the response-compatible crossmodal distractor feature when the target modality was predictable (i.e., blocked). However, when the modality was varied on a trial-by-trial basis, this crossmodal feature significantly influenced information processing. By contrast, a multisensory distractor with a neutral crossmodal feature never influenced behavior. This finding suggests that the processing of multisensory distractors depends on attentional set. When the target modality varies randomly, participants include features from both modalities in their attentional set and the irrelevant crossmodal feature, now part of the set, influences information processing. In contrast, interference from the crossmodal distractor feature does not occur when it is not part of the attentional set.
Keyword(s)
Multisensory perception Multisensory selection Distractor processing Attentional setPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2019
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PsychArchives
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Jensen, A., Merz, S., Spence, C., & Frings, C. (2019). Code for: Interference of irrelevant information in multisensory selection depends on attentional set. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2488
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Code_ms_attentionalset.spsSPSS syntax file - 19.07KBMD5: 3f59e2c9a57587e3a0b2ce950d8682df
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22019-06-17The new version now contains code of a third experiment that logically follows the two previous experiments.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Jensen, Anne
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Merz, Simon
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Spence, Charles
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Frings, Christian
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Other kind(s) of contributorUniversity of Trieren
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Other kind(s) of contributorUniversity of Oxforden
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PsychArchives acquisition timestamp2019-06-17T14:21:21Z
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Made available on2019-02-20T09:54:41Z
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Made available on2019-06-17T14:21:21Z
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Date of first publication2019
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Abstract / DescriptionCode for: Jensen, A., Merz, S., Spence, C., & Frings, C. (2019). Interference of irrelevant information in multisensory selection depends on attentional set. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82, 1176–1195. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-019-01848-8en
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Abstract / DescriptionIn the multisensory world in which we live, certain objects and events are of more relevance than others. In the laboratory, this broadly equates to the distinction between targets and distractors. In selection situations like the flanker task, the evidence suggests that the processing of multisensory distractors is influenced by attention. Here, multisensory distractor processing was investigated by modulating attentional set in three experiments in a flanker interference task, in which the targets were unisensory while the distractors were multisensory. Attentional set was modulated by making the target modality either predictable or unpredictable (Experiments 1 vs. 2, respectively). In Experiment 3, this manipulation was implemented on a within-experiment basis. Furthermore, the third experiment compared audiovisual distractors (used in all experiments) with distractors with one feature in a neutral modality (i.e., touch), that never appeared as the target modality in the flanker task. The results demonstrate that there was no interference from the response-compatible crossmodal distractor feature when the target modality was predictable (i.e., blocked). However, when the modality was varied on a trial-by-trial basis, this crossmodal feature significantly influenced information processing. By contrast, a multisensory distractor with a neutral crossmodal feature never influenced behavior. This finding suggests that the processing of multisensory distractors depends on attentional set. When the target modality varies randomly, participants include features from both modalities in their attentional set and the irrelevant crossmodal feature, now part of the set, influences information processing. In contrast, interference from the crossmodal distractor feature does not occur when it is not part of the attentional set.en
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CitationJensen, A., Merz, S., Spence, C., & Frings, C. (2019). Code for: Interference of irrelevant information in multisensory selection depends on attentional set. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2488en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1995.2
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2488
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychArchivesen
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Is referenced byhttps://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-019-01848-8
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2487
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-019-01848-8
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Keyword(s)Multisensory perceptionen
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Keyword(s)Multisensory selectionen
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Keyword(s)Distractor processingen
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Keyword(s)Attentional seten
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleCode for: Interference of irrelevant information in multisensory selection depends on attentional seten
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Alternative titleCode for: ms_attentionalseten
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