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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL
Volume 134, Issue 3, Pages 291-307Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.134.3.291
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attentional blink; locus coeruleus; attention; noradrenergic; P3
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The attentional blink refers to the transient impairment in perceiving the 2nd of 2 targets presented in close temporal proximity. In this article, the authors propose a neurobiological mechanism for this effect. The authors extend a recently developed computational model of the potentiating influence of the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system on information processing and hypothesize that a reftactoriness in the function of this system may account for the attentional blink. The model accurately simulates the time course of the attentional blink, including Lag 1 sparing. The theory also offers an account of the close relationship of the attentional blink to the electrophysiological P3 component. The authors report results from two behavioral experiments that support a critical prediction of their theory regarding the time course of Lag 1 sparing. Finally, the relationship between the authors' neurocomputational theory and existing cognitive theories of the attentional blink is discussed.
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