Attentional avoidance of threatening stimuli

被引:13
作者
Britton, Mark K. [1 ]
Anderson, Brian A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Texas A&M Univ, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
来源
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG | 2021年 / 85卷 / 01期
关键词
OCULOMOTOR CAPTURE; TOP-DOWN; DRIVEN; BIAS; SELECTION; ATTEND; FEAR;
D O I
10.1007/s00426-019-01255-6
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Aversive conditioning has been shown to influence the control of attention, such that aversively conditioned stimuli receive elevated priority. Although aversively conditioned but task-irrelevant distractors are known to capture attention during speeded search in rapid orienting tasks, it is unclear whether this bias extends to situations where orienting can be more deliberate. We demonstrate that punishment, via electric shock, does not give rise to oculomotor capture by shock-associated stimuli during a foraging task; rather, such aversively conditioned stimuli are actively avoided when searching through a display. On the other hand, even during a foraging task, we found some evidence for a covert attentional bias to threat. Our findings indicate that the previously described effects of aversive conditioning on visual search may not generalize beyond the initial glance and can be suppressed when conditions allow for more deliberate search strategies. More generally, our findings reveal that sustained attentional avoidance of aversively conditioned stimuli is possible during active search.
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页码:82 / 90
页数:9
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