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Theoretical Models of Attention• Broadbent (1958)
conceptualized attention as information processing
• Used a cuing paradigm to show that attentional selection of one channel dramatically biased perception
• Initially believed that unattended inputs were filtered out altogether
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Early Selection
• Early Selection model postulated that attention acted as a strict gate at the lowest levels of sensory processing
• Based on concept of a limited capacity bottleneck
Early Selection
• Early Selection model failed to explain some findings
• Shadowing studies found that certain information could “intrude” into the attended stream– Subject’s name, loud
noises, etc.
Late Selection
• Late Selection models postulated that attention acted on later processing stages (not sensory)
Late vs. Early
• Various hybrid models have been proposed– Early attenuation of non-attended input– Late enhancement of attended input
Modulation of Auditory Pathways• The theory is that attention acts as an early selection
filter
• The prediction is that selective auditory attention modulates early responses in the auditory pathway
• Hernandez-Peon (1956)– Electrodes in cats– Attended tones elicited more rapid spike trains
What was the critical confound?
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Failed to rule out overt orienting– Cats can orient their ears without moving their
heads– Not surprising that auditory responses went up
when cat swiveled its ears
• Solution was to carefully monitor subject’s orienting with eye trackers and present stimuli through headphones
Modulation of Auditory Pathways• Hillyard et al. (1970s)
attention effects in human auditory pathway using ERP
• Selective listening task using headphones
– Every few minutes the attended side was reversed
– Thus they could measure the brain response to identical stimuli when attended or unattended
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attending LEFTIgnoring RIGHT
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Result: ERP elicited by attended and unattended stimuli diverges by about 90ms post stimulus– Long before response is made– Probably in primary or nearby auditory cortex
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Other groups have found ERP modulation even earlier – as early as Brainstem Auditory Response
• Probably no robust modulation as low as cochlea
• ~40 ms is consistent w/ attention affecting a feed forward sweep– Does focused auditory attention always affect the feed
forward sweep? What if attention is reoriented just before the target occurs?
Modulation of Auditory Pathways• Different ways to use attention in space
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attending LEFTIgnoring RIGHT
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now left, now right, now left, now right
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SUSTAINED TRANSIENT
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Response times are faster for attended relative to unattended targets
• The theory is that transient and sustained attention act on auditory pathways the same way
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now left, now right, now left, now right
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TRANSIENT
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– Three speakers– Steady stream of tones– Respond to each tone
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– Three speakers– Steady stream of tones– Respond to each tone
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Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– Three speakers– Steady stream of tones– Respond to each tone
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– Three speakers– Steady stream of tones– Respond to each tone
BEEP
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– Three speakers– Steady stream of tones– Respond to each tone
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– Three speakers– Steady stream of tones– Respond to each tone
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Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– Three speakers– Steady stream of tones– Respond to each tone
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– Three speakers– Steady stream of tones– Respond to each tone
BEEP
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– We can compare targets preceded by targets at the same location with targets preceded by targets on the other side
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Transient Attention: The Target-Target Paradigm
– We can compare targets preceded by targets at the same location with targets preceded by targets on the other side
– Does transient attention modulate auditory system like sustained attention?
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• ERP is markedly different in the two situations!
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Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• ERP is markedly different in the two situations!
• One possibility:– sustained attention allows for attentional
configuration of sensory cortex to modulate feed-forward sweep but…
– Transient attention can only modulate recurrent processes
Modulation of Auditory Pathways
• Earliest attention-related component (called the Nd1) is over contralateral posterior scalp - not primary cortex
Tata & Ward (2005)
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