Salient distractor processing: inhibition following attentional capture

Abstract

Salient objects often capture attention in a purely exogenous way, followed by inhibition of their locations after a period. Yet, the neural circuits underlying the exogenous attention remain underspecified. Seidel Malkinson et al. explore this by uncovering large-scale cortical gradients associated with exogenous attention within the human cortex.

Keywords: attentional capture; exogenous attention; inhibition of return; intracranial recordings; salience.