The effect of visual threat on spatial attention to touch
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Poliakoff, Ellen; Miles, Eleanor; Li, Xinying ; Blanchette, Isabelle; E. Poliakoff
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| 刊名 | COGNITION
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| 出版日期 | 2007-03-01 |
| 卷号 | 102期号:3页码:405-414 |
| 关键词 | threat attention tactile cross-modal multisensory |
| ISSN号 | 0010-0277 |
| 文献子类 | Article |
| 英文摘要 | Viewing a threatening stimulus can bias visual attention toward that location. Such effects have typically been investigated only in the visual modality, despite the fact that many threatening stimuli are most dangerous when close to or in contact with the body. Recent multisensory research indicates that a neutral visual stimulus, such as a light flash, can lead to a tactile attention shift towards a nearby body part. Here, we investigated whether the threat value of a visual stimulus modulates its effect on attention to touch. Participants made speeded discrimination responses about tactile stimuli presented to one or other hand, preceded by a picture cue (snake, spider, flower or mushroom) presented close to the same or the opposite hand. Pictures of snakes led to a significantly greater tactile attentional facilitation effect than did non-threatening pictures of flowers and mushrooms. Furthermore, there was a correlation between self-reported fear of snakes and spiders and the magnitude of early facilitation following cues of that type. These findings demonstrate that the attentional bias towards threat extends to the tactile modality and indicate that perceived threat value can modulate the cross-modal effect that a visual cue has on attention to touch.; Viewing a threatening stimulus can bias visual attention toward that location. Such effects have typically been investigated only in the visual modality, despite the fact that many threatening stimuli are most dangerous when close to or in contact with the body. Recent multisensory research indicates that a neutral visual stimulus, such as a light flash, can lead to a tactile attention shift towards a nearby body part. Here, we investigated whether the threat value of a visual stimulus modulates its effect on attention to touch. Participants made speeded discrimination responses about tactile stimuli presented to one or other hand, preceded by a picture cue (snake, spider, flower or mushroom) presented close to the same or the opposite hand. Pictures of snakes led to a significantly greater tactile attentional facilitation effect than did non-threatening pictures of flowers and mushrooms. Furthermore, there was a correlation between self-reported fear of snakes and spiders and the magnitude of early facilitation following cues of that type. These findings demonstrate that the attentional bias towards threat extends to the tactile modality and indicate that perceived threat value can modulate the cross-modal effect that a visual cue has on attention to touch. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| 学科主题 | 认知心理学 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000244242400005 |
| 公开日期 | 2011-08-22 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5749]  |
| 专题 | 心理研究所_中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010) |
| 通讯作者 | E. Poliakoff |
| 作者单位 | 1.Univ Manchester, Sch Psychol Sci, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Poliakoff, Ellen,Miles, Eleanor,Li, Xinying,et al. The effect of visual threat on spatial attention to touch[J]. COGNITION,2007,102(3):405-414. |
| APA | Poliakoff, Ellen,Miles, Eleanor,Li, Xinying,Blanchette, Isabelle,&E. Poliakoff.(2007).The effect of visual threat on spatial attention to touch.COGNITION,102(3),405-414. |
| MLA | Poliakoff, Ellen,et al."The effect of visual threat on spatial attention to touch".COGNITION 102.3(2007):405-414. |
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