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Dual-target contingent attentional capture effects are modulated by associative learning

Friday, November 8, 2013: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Elizabeth Wiemers , Elmhurst College
Rapid task switching (multi-tasking) is increasingly important in daily life. The present study focuses on the capability to search for two things simultaneously and the effects of distracters similar to the targets versus distracters distinct from the targets. We found that associative learning training modulates set-specific capture effects.