Inhibitory processes in auditory selective attention: Evidence of location-based and frequency-based inhibition of return

Author(s): Breau, L. M., Milliken, B.

Journal/Book: Percept Psychophys. 1998; 60: 1710 Fortview Rd, Austin, TX 78704. Psychonomic Soc Inc. 296-302.

Abstract: The possibility that there is an inhibitory component to auditory covert orienting was addressed. Each trial consisted of a cue followed by a target, and listeners were required to detect, localize, or identify the frequency of the target. At 150-msec stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA), performance was best when stimuli sounded from the same location or were of the same frequency, However, at 750-msec SOA, performance was best when stimuli differed in location or were of different frequencies. These results document the existence of both location-based and frequency-based auditory inhibition of return.

Note: Article Mondor TA, Mt Allison Univ, Dept Psychol, Sackville, NB E0A 3C0, CANADA

Keyword(s): SPATIAL ATTENTION; VISUAL-ATTENTION; COLOR; MECHANISMS; VOLUNTARY; SHAPE; TIME

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