Attention capture by brief abrupt-onset cues in deaf individuals

dc.contributor.author Prasad, Seema
dc.contributor.author Patil, Gouri Shanker
dc.contributor.author Somashekarappa, Vidya
dc.contributor.author Mishra, Ramesh Kumar
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-26T23:43:58Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-26T23:43:58Z
dc.date.issued 2022-03-12
dc.description.abstract Auditory loss in deaf individuals has been associated with an enhancement in the visual modality. Visual attention is one domain where such plasticity-induced changes have been observed, although which specific attentional mechanisms are improved is still not clear. Using a modified spatial cueing paradigm, we examined attention capture in deaf and normal-hearing participants. Brief abrupt-onset cues were presented for 16 ms either in attended or ignored locations. The to-be-attended locations for each trial were indicated by a horizontal or a vertical bar at the centre of the screen. These were presented either in vertical- or horizontal-only blocks or mixed together. We observed greater negative cueing effects in the NH group compared to deaf. Additionally, people with deafness showed greater capture by cues at ignored locations in the slower responses. These findings shed further light on orienting mechanisms in deaf and help in understanding the specificity of the differences in visual processing between deaf and normal-hearing individuals.
dc.identifier.citation Neuropsychologia. v.167
dc.identifier.issn 00283932
dc.identifier.uri 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108157
dc.identifier.uri https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393222000161
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.uohyd.ac.in/handle/1/2291
dc.subject Attentional control
dc.subject Deaf
dc.subject Neuroplasticity
dc.subject Spatial cueing
dc.title Attention capture by brief abrupt-onset cues in deaf individuals
dc.type Journal. Article
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