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. 1995 Apr;57(3):402-8.
doi: 10.3758/bf03213064.

Color-based inhibition of return

M B Law  1 , J Pratt, R A Abrams
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Color-based inhibition of return

M B Law et al. Percept Psychophys. 1995 Apr.

Abstract

The inhibition of return of visual attention based on stimulus color was examined in three experiments. In the first experiment, a discrete trial paradigm showed that subjects were slower to detect a color patch if the color matched that of a patch presented earlier in the same location. Experiment 2 showed that the inhibition only occurs if a neutral, nontarget distractor color is presented between presentation of the initial color cue and the subsequent target patch--explaining the previous failures to detect the phenomenon. Experiment 3 extended the results to a different combination of colors. Taken together, the results have important implications for the processing of stimulus attributes such as spatial location and color, and for the conditions necessary for producing inhibition of return.

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