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dc.contributor.authorRenton, Angela
dc.contributor.authorPainter, David R
dc.contributor.authorMattingley, Jason B
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-08T23:14:53Z
dc.date.available2020-12-08T23:14:53Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1047-3211
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/cercor/bhy105
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/400089
dc.description.abstractThe ability to coordinate approach and avoidance actions in dynamic environments represents the boundary between extinction and the continued survival of many animal species. It is therefore crucial that sensory systems allocate limited attentional resources to the most relevant information to facilitate planning and execution of appropriate actions. Prominent theories of how attention regulates visual processing focus on the distinction between behaviorally relevant and irrelevant visual inputs. To date, however, no study has directly compared the deployment of attention to visual inputs relevant for approach and avoidance behaviors, which naturally occur in dynamic, interactive environments. In two experiments, we combined electroencephalography, frequency tagging, and eye gaze measures to investigate whether the deployment of visual selective attention differs for items relevant for approach and avoidance actions. Participants maneuvered a cursor to approach and avoid contact with moving items in a continuous interactive task. The results indicated that while the approach and avoidance tasks recruited equivalent attentional resources overall, attentional biases were directed toward task-relevant items during approach, and away from task-relevant items during avoidance. We conclude that the deployment of visual attention is guided not only by relevance to a behavioral goal, but also by the nature of that goal.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2366
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2383
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCerebral Cortex
dc.relation.ispartofvolume29
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNeurosciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3209
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsbehavioral goals
dc.subject.keywordsNeurology
dc.titleDifferential Deployment of Visual Attention During Interactive Approach and Avoidance Behavior
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRenton, A; Painter, DR; Mattingley, JB, Differential Deployment of Visual Attention During Interactive Approach and Avoidance Behavior, Cerebral Cortex, 2019, 29 (6), pp. 2366-2383
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-04-19
dc.date.updated2020-12-08T23:12:00Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPainter, David


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