Alerting effects require the absence of surprise

Ongoing actions are interrupted for a brief period of time whenever salient and expectancy-discrepant stimuli (surprise stimuli) interfere with the present task set. By contrast, salient stimuli (alerting cues) preceding targets can facilitate behaviour by reducing time to initiate actions. Both phe...

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Main Authors: Niklas Dietze, Gernot Horstmann, Christian H. Poth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-05-01
Series:Acta Psychologica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824001161