Dr Anna Grubert's Outputs (42)

All set, indeed! N2pc components reveal simultaneous attentional control settings for multiple target colors (2016)
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Grubert, A., & Eimer, M. (2016). All set, indeed! N2pc components reveal simultaneous attentional control settings for multiple target colors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42(8), 1215-1230. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000221

To study whether top-down attentional control processes can be set simultaneously for different visual features, we employed a spatial cueing procedure to measure behavioral and electrophysiological markers of task-set contingent attentional capture... Read More about All set, indeed! N2pc components reveal simultaneous attentional control settings for multiple target colors.

Attentional guidance by relative features: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence (2016)
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Schönhammer, J., Grubert, A., Kerzel, D., & Becker, S. (2016). Attentional guidance by relative features: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Psychophysiology, 53(7), 1074-1083. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12645

Our ability to select task-relevant information from cluttered visual environments is widely believed to be due to our ability to tune attention to the particular elementary feature values of a sought-after target (e.g., red, orange, yellow). By cont... Read More about Attentional guidance by relative features: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence.

The speed of serial attention shifts in visual search: Evidence from the N2pc component (2015)
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Grubert, A., & Eimer, M. (2016). The speed of serial attention shifts in visual search: Evidence from the N2pc component. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28(2), 319-332. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00898

Finding target objects among distractors in visual search display is often assumed to be based on sequential movements of attention between different objects. However, the speed of such serial attention shifts is still under dispute. We employed a se... Read More about The speed of serial attention shifts in visual search: Evidence from the N2pc component.

Visual search is postponed during the period of the AB: An event-related potential study (2015)
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Lagroix, H., Grubert, A., Spalek, T., Di Lollo, V., & Eimer, M. (2015). Visual search is postponed during the period of the AB: An event-related potential study. Psychophysiology, 52(8), 1031-1038. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12435

In the phenomenon known as the attentional blink (AB), perception of the second of two rapidly sequential targets (T2) is impaired when presented shortly after the first (T1). Studies in which T2 consisted of a pop-out search array provided evidence... Read More about Visual search is postponed during the period of the AB: An event-related potential study.

Nasotemporal ERP differences: evidence for increased inhibition of temporal distractors (2015)
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Huber-Huber, C., Grubert, A., Ansorge, U., & Eimer, M. (2015). Nasotemporal ERP differences: evidence for increased inhibition of temporal distractors. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113(7), 2210-2219. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00344.2014

Previous research has demonstrated behavioral advantages for stimuli in the temporal relative to the nasal visual hemifield. To investigate whether this nasotemporal asymmetry reflects a genuinely attentional bias, we recorded event-related potential... Read More about Nasotemporal ERP differences: evidence for increased inhibition of temporal distractors.

Rapid parallel attentional target selection in single-color and multiple-color visual search (2015)
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Grubert, A., & Eimer, M. (2015). Rapid parallel attentional target selection in single-color and multiple-color visual search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41(1), 86-101. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000019

Previous work has demonstrated that when targets are defined by a constant feature, attention can be directed rapidly and in parallel to sequentially presented target objects at different locations. We assessed how fast attention is allocated to mult... Read More about Rapid parallel attentional target selection in single-color and multiple-color visual search.

A dissociation between selective attention and conscious awareness in the representation of temporal order information (2015)
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Eimer, M., & Grubert, A. (2015). A dissociation between selective attention and conscious awareness in the representation of temporal order information. Consciousness and Cognition, 35, 274-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2015.01.001

Previous electrophysiological studies have shown that attentional selection processes are highly sensitive to the temporal order of task-relevant visual events. When two successively presented colour-defined target stimuli are separated by a stimulus... Read More about A dissociation between selective attention and conscious awareness in the representation of temporal order information.

Does visual working memory represent the predicted locations of future target objects? An event-related brain potential study (2014)
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Grubert, A., & Eimer, M. (2015). Does visual working memory represent the predicted locations of future target objects? An event-related brain potential study. Brain Research, 1626, 258-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2014.10.011

During the maintenance of task-relevant objects in visual working memory, the contralateral delay activity (CDA) is elicited over the hemisphere opposite to the visual field where these objects are presented. The presence of this lateralised CDA comp... Read More about Does visual working memory represent the predicted locations of future target objects? An event-related brain potential study.

The gradual emergence of spatially selective target processing in visual search: From feature-specific to object-based attentional control (2014)
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Eimer, M., & Grubert, A. (2014). The gradual emergence of spatially selective target processing in visual search: From feature-specific to object-based attentional control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(5), 1819-1831. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037387

To dissociate feature-based and object-based stages in the control of spatial attention during visual search, we employed the N2pc component as an electrophysiological marker of attentional object selection. Participants searched for a target object... Read More about The gradual emergence of spatially selective target processing in visual search: From feature-specific to object-based attentional control.

Distinct neural networks for target feature versus dimension changes in visual search, as revealed by EEG and fMRI (2014)
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Becker, S., Grubert, A., & Dux, P. (2014). Distinct neural networks for target feature versus dimension changes in visual search, as revealed by EEG and fMRI. NeuroImage, 102(Part 2), 798-808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.08.058

In visual search, responses are slowed, from one trial to the next, both when the target dimension changes (e.g., from a color target to a size target) and when the target feature changes (e.g., from a red target to a green target) relative to being... Read More about Distinct neural networks for target feature versus dimension changes in visual search, as revealed by EEG and fMRI.

Electrophysiological evidence for a sensory recruitment model of somatosensory working memory (2014)
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Katus, T., Grubert, A., & Eimer, M. (2015). Electrophysiological evidence for a sensory recruitment model of somatosensory working memory. Cerebral Cortex, 25(12), 4697-4703. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhu153

Sensory recruitment models of working memory assume that information storage is mediated by the same cortical areas that are responsible for the perceptual processing of sensory signals. To test this assumption, we measured somatosensory event-relate... Read More about Electrophysiological evidence for a sensory recruitment model of somatosensory working memory.

From features to dimensions: cognitive and motor development in pop-out search in children and young adults (2014)
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Grubert, A., Indino, M., & Krummenacher, J. (2014). From features to dimensions: cognitive and motor development in pop-out search in children and young adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 519. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00519

In an experiment involving a total of 124 participants, divided into eight age groups (6-, 8-, 10-, 12-, 14-, 16-, 18-, and 20-year-olds) the development of the processing components underlying visual search for pop-out targets was tracked. Participa... Read More about From features to dimensions: cognitive and motor development in pop-out search in children and young adults.

Salience-based integration of redundant signals in visual pop-out search: evidence from behavioral and electrophysiological measures (2014)
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Krummenacher, J., Grubert, A., Töllner, T., & Müller, H. (2014). Salience-based integration of redundant signals in visual pop-out search: evidence from behavioral and electrophysiological measures. Journal of Vision, 14(3), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1167/14.3.26

Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence is presented suggesting that, in visual search for feature singleton targets, multidimensional signals are integrated at a preselective stage of processing. Observers searched for a target that was consist... Read More about Salience-based integration of redundant signals in visual pop-out search: evidence from behavioral and electrophysiological measures.

Spatial attention can be allocated rapidly and in parallel to new visual objects (2014)
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Eimer, M., & Grubert, A. (2014). Spatial attention can be allocated rapidly and in parallel to new visual objects. Current Biology, 24(2), 193-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.001

In real-life visual environments, where multiple objects compete for processing, new objects that require immediate attention often appear when attention is already focused elsewhere. The question of whether spatial attention can be directed independ... Read More about Spatial attention can be allocated rapidly and in parallel to new visual objects.

Top-down task sets for combined features: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for two stages in attentional object selection. (2013)
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Kiss, M., Grubert, A., & Eimer, M. (2013). Top-down task sets for combined features: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for two stages in attentional object selection. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 75(2), 216-228. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-012-0391-z

We studied whether visual search for targets defined by a combination of features from different dimensions is guided by separately represented target features or by an integrated representation of the target objects. In Experiment 1, participants se... Read More about Top-down task sets for combined features: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for two stages in attentional object selection..

Happy with a difference, unhappy with an identity: observers' mood determines processing depth in visual search. (2013)
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Grubert, A., Schmid, P., & Krummenacher, J. (2013). Happy with a difference, unhappy with an identity: observers' mood determines processing depth in visual search. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 75(1), 41-52. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-012-0385-x

Visual search for feature targets was employed to investigate whether the mechanisms underlying visual selective attention are modulated by observers' mood. The effects of induced mood on overall mean reaction times and on changes and repetitions of... Read More about Happy with a difference, unhappy with an identity: observers' mood determines processing depth in visual search..

A unitary focus of spatial attention during attentional capture: Evidence from event-related brain potentials (2013)
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Grubert, A., Righi, L., & Eimer, M. (2013). A unitary focus of spatial attention during attentional capture: Evidence from event-related brain potentials. Journal of Vision, 13(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1167/13.3.9

We studied whether attentional capture in vision can be elicited simultaneously at multiple locations in the visual field or whether it is always restricted to a single location. Participants searched for color singleton targets in search arrays that... Read More about A unitary focus of spatial attention during attentional capture: Evidence from event-related brain potentials.

Qualitative differences in the guidance of attention during single-color and multiple-color visual search: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. (2013)
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Grubert, A., & Eimer, M. (2013). Qualitative differences in the guidance of attention during single-color and multiple-color visual search: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 39(5), 1433-1442. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031046

To find out whether attentional target selection can be effectively guided by top-down task sets for multiple colors, we measured behavioral and ERP markers of attentional target selection in an experiment where participants had to identify color-def... Read More about Qualitative differences in the guidance of attention during single-color and multiple-color visual search: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence..

Attentional capture by salient distractors during visual search is determined by temporal task demands. (2012)
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Kiss, M., Grubert, A., Petersen, A., & Eimer, M. (2012). Attentional capture by salient distractors during visual search is determined by temporal task demands. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24(3), 749-759. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00127

The question whether attentional capture by salient but task-irrelevant visual stimuli is triggered in a bottom-up fashion or depends on top-down task settings is still unresolved. Strong support for bottom-up capture was obtained in the additional s... Read More about Attentional capture by salient distractors during visual search is determined by temporal task demands..

Redundancy gains in pop-out visual search are determined by top-down task set: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. (2011)
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Grubert, A., Krummenacher, J., & Eimer, M. (2011). Redundancy gains in pop-out visual search are determined by top-down task set: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Journal of Vision, 11(14), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1167/11.14.10

We combined behavioral and electrophysiological measures to find out whether redundancy gain effects in pop-out visual search are exclusively determined by bottom-up salience or are modulated by top-down task search goals. Search arrays contained fea... Read More about Redundancy gains in pop-out visual search are determined by top-down task set: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence..