Selective Reaching: Evidence for Action-Centered Attention

Most studies of selective attention briefly present static 2-dimensional stimuli and require arbitrary responses such as verbal naming or a keypress. Many of our perceptual-motor interactions with the environment, however, require reaching directly toward an object while ignoring other objects in th...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance 1992-11, Vol.18 (4), p.891-905
Main Authors: Tipper, Steven P, Lortie, Cathy, Baylis, Gordon C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activity levels. Psychomotricity
Adult
Attention
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Color Perception
Depth Perception
Female
Functional Laterality
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Human Information Storage
Humans
Male
Motor Processes
Orientation
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Problem Solving
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychomotor activities
Psychomotor Performance
Psychophysics
Selective Attention
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Summary:Most studies of selective attention briefly present static 2-dimensional stimuli and require arbitrary responses such as verbal naming or a keypress. Many of our perceptual-motor interactions with the environment, however, require reaching directly toward an object while ignoring other objects in the scene. A series of experiments examines selective attention in the latter reaching situation. Effects previously observed in the traditional experimental procedures were obtained, suggesting that the models developed (which propose inhibitory mechanisms, e.g.) apply to ecologically valid situations. Attention accesses action-centered internal representations during such tasks.
ISSN:0096-1523
1939-1277
DOI:10.1037/0096-1523.18.4.891