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Attention and distraction in the predictive brain

Whether it is possible to ignore a physically salient distractor has been a topic of active debate over the past 25 years, with empirical evidence for and against each of the theoretical stances. We put forward that predictive processing may provide a unified theoretical perspective that can account...

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Autores principales: Slagter, Heleen A., van Moorselaar, Dirk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Routledge 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8547734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34720654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2021.1936733
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Sumario:Whether it is possible to ignore a physically salient distractor has been a topic of active debate over the past 25 years, with empirical evidence for and against each of the theoretical stances. We put forward that predictive processing may provide a unified theoretical perspective that can account reasonably well for the empirical literature on attentional capture. In this perspective, capture is a logical consequence of the overall imperative of the brain to predict what sensory signals provide precise information to achieve goal-directed behaviour.