The behavioral impact of auditory and visual oddball distracters in a visual and auditory categorization tasks
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University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
Past cross-modal oddball studies have shown that participants respond slower to visual targets following the presentation of an unexpected change in a stream of auditory distracters. In the present study we examined the extent to which this novelty distraction may transcend the sensory distinction between distracter and target. In separate blocks of trials, participants categorized digits presented auditorily or visually in the face of visual or auditory standard and oddball distracters. The results showed significant novelty distraction in the presence of auditory novel stimuli, irrespective of whether the targets were visual. Visual oddball distracters yielded no distraction, however, whether targets were visual or auditory. The results therefore suggest that novelty distraction was not mediated by the sensory modality of the target stimuli but by that of the distracter. Funding: Supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PSI2009-08427).
Keywords:
Attention,
cross-modal
Conference:
XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI), Palma, Mallorca, Spain, 25 Sep - 29 Sep, 2011.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Poster Sessions: Neurophysiology of Cognition and Attention
Citation:
Leiva
A and
Parmentier
F
(2011). The behavioral impact of auditory and visual oddball distracters in a visual and auditory categorization tasks.
Conference Abstract:
XI International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON XI).
doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2011.207.00315
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Received:
22 Nov 2011;
Published Online:
28 Nov 2011.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Alicia Leiva, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Mallorca, Spain, a.leivamir@gmail.com