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Publication Date: 2020-Dec
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Inertia in Value-Driven Attention
Liao, Ming-Ray; Anderson, Brian A.
Learning & Memory, v27 n12 p488-492 Dec 2020
Previously reward-associated stimuli persistently capture attention. We attempted to extinguish this attentional bias through a reversal learning procedure where the high-value color changed unexpectedly. Attentional priority shifted during training in favor of the currently high-value color, although a residual bias toward the original high-value color was still evident. Importantly, during a subsequent test phase, attention was initially more strongly biased toward the original high-value color, counter to the attentional priorities evident at the end of training. Our results show that value-based attentional biases do not quickly update with new learning and lag behind the reshaping of strategic attentional priorities by reward.
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Rewards, Color, Task Analysis, Testing, Attention Control, Visual Stimuli
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