From Capture to Control: Initial Capture Increases Learned Suppression
Published online on March 18, 2026
Abstract
Psychological Science, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 227-242, April 2026.
Salient stimuli have the potential to distract us from our immediate goals. Much research has therefore aimed to understand how we learn to use attention to resist distraction by salient stimuli. We propose a new hypothesis whereby an initial instance of ...
Salient stimuli have the potential to distract us from our immediate goals. Much research has therefore aimed to understand how we learn to use attention to resist distraction by salient stimuli. We propose a new hypothesis whereby an initial instance of ...