Spatial attention modulates tactile change detection.

Journal article

People often fail to detect changes between successively presented tactile patterns, a phenomenon known as tactile change blindness. In this study, we investigated whether changes introduced to tactile patterns are detected better when a participant's attention is focused on the location where the change occurs. Across two experiments, participants (N = 55) were instructed to detect changes between two consecutively presented tactile patterns. In half of the trials, the stimulated body sites ...

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Authors: Van Hulle, L; Van Damme, S; Spence, C; Crombez, G; Gallace, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Experimental brain research
• Volume: 224
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 295-302
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3311-5
• EISSN: 1432-1106
• ISSN: 0014-4819
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Functional Laterality; Male; Touch; Touch Perception; Space Perception; Analysis of Variance; Attention; Regression Analysis; Young Adult; Signal Detection, Psychological; Perceptual Masking; Physical Stimulation; Female; Humans; Adult; Reaction Time