Contextual Similarity Between Successive Targets Modulates Inhibition of Return in the Target-Target Paradigm

Inhibition of return (IOR) refers to slower responses to a target presented at a previously cued vs. uncued location. The present study investigated the role of memory retrieval in IOR by manipulating the contextual similarity between two successive targets in the target-target IOR paradigm. Successive targets were presented in either the same color (same-context condition) or different colors (different-context condition). Results of two experiments showed that IOR was greater in the same-context than the different-context condition. In addition, Experiment 2 showed that this context effect occurs with long response times (RTs), suggesting that memory retrieval, which requires time to manifest, plays an important role in IOR.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Frontiers in Psychology

• Publication date

  2020-09-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02052PMID 33013518PMCID 7505746
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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