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The Time Course of Inhibition of Return: Evidence from Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials

Inhibition of return (IOR) refers to slower responses to targets at a previously cued location than that at an uncued location. The time course of IOR has long been a topic of interest in the field. Investigations into the time course of IOR are typically performed by examining the magnitude of IOR...

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Autores principales: Li, Ai-Su, Zhang, Gong-Liang, Miao, Cheng-Guo, Wang, Shuang, Zhang, Ming, Zhang, Yang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5601063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28955277
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01562
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author Li, Ai-Su
Zhang, Gong-Liang
Miao, Cheng-Guo
Wang, Shuang
Zhang, Ming
Zhang, Yang
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Zhang, Gong-Liang
Miao, Cheng-Guo
Wang, Shuang
Zhang, Ming
Zhang, Yang
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description Inhibition of return (IOR) refers to slower responses to targets at a previously cued location than that at an uncued location. The time course of IOR has long been a topic of interest in the field. Investigations into the time course of IOR are typically performed by examining the magnitude of IOR under various cue-target onset asynchrony (CTOA) conditions. Therefore, the results are vulnerable to influence of factors that could affect the target processes (e.g., the frequency of the target type). In the present study, steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) were implemented to directly take a continuous measurement of the degree to which cued location is processed, eliminating the influence mentioned above. The results indicate that, relative to the baseline interval (−400 to 0 ms), the presence of peripheral cues generated a typical two-stage effect on the SSVEP amplitude evoked by a 20 Hz flicker. Specifically, after the onset of the peripheral cues, the SSVEP amplitude first showed a significant increase, which subsequently turned into a significant inhibition effect after 200 ms. These results provide a continuous time course diagram of the cueing effect and suggest an effective way for future investigations of controlling the masking effects of target stimuli processing on IOR.
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spelling pubmed-56010632017-09-27 The Time Course of Inhibition of Return: Evidence from Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials Li, Ai-Su Zhang, Gong-Liang Miao, Cheng-Guo Wang, Shuang Zhang, Ming Zhang, Yang Front Psychol Psychology Inhibition of return (IOR) refers to slower responses to targets at a previously cued location than that at an uncued location. The time course of IOR has long been a topic of interest in the field. Investigations into the time course of IOR are typically performed by examining the magnitude of IOR under various cue-target onset asynchrony (CTOA) conditions. Therefore, the results are vulnerable to influence of factors that could affect the target processes (e.g., the frequency of the target type). In the present study, steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) were implemented to directly take a continuous measurement of the degree to which cued location is processed, eliminating the influence mentioned above. The results indicate that, relative to the baseline interval (−400 to 0 ms), the presence of peripheral cues generated a typical two-stage effect on the SSVEP amplitude evoked by a 20 Hz flicker. Specifically, after the onset of the peripheral cues, the SSVEP amplitude first showed a significant increase, which subsequently turned into a significant inhibition effect after 200 ms. These results provide a continuous time course diagram of the cueing effect and suggest an effective way for future investigations of controlling the masking effects of target stimuli processing on IOR. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5601063/ /pubmed/28955277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01562 Text en Copyright © 2017 Li, Zhang, Miao, Wang, Zhang and Zhang. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Li, Ai-Su
Zhang, Gong-Liang
Miao, Cheng-Guo
Wang, Shuang
Zhang, Ming
Zhang, Yang
The Time Course of Inhibition of Return: Evidence from Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials
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title_sort time course of inhibition of return: evidence from steady-state visual evoked potentials
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5601063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28955277
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01562
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