Cognitive load modulates attentional capture by color singletons during effortful visual search☆: "Publication year: 2010
Source: Acta Psychologica, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 31 May 2010
Bryan R., Burnham
Color singletons that are irrelevant to locating a visual target do not typically capture attention if visual search is effortful. In contrast, when search is efficient color singletons are often found to capture attention. Such distraction by a color singleton can be modulated by single-task vs. dual-task manipulations when visual search is efficient. This is due, presumably, to the increased cognitive load in the dual-task condition, which interferes with top-down attentional control. This study investigated whether capture by a color singleton is also modulated by single-task vs. dual-task manipulations when visual search was effortful. The results of three experiments revealed..."
