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Task implementation and top-down control in continuous search

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2017

Wolfgang Prinz
Wolfgang Prinz*
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Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig 04103, Germany. prinz@cbs.mpg.de https://www.cbs.mpg.de/staff/prinz-10359
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Abstract

Evidence from continuous search suggests that targets are detected by default, whereas distractors are processed in considerable depth. These observations shed light on task implementation and top-down control. Task implementation builds on forming dynamic distractor models, based on continuous integration of distractor-related information. Top-down control builds on using these models for testing upcoming stimulus information.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e153
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