Tan, W. P., Still, J. D., & Dark, V. J. (2006). Attenuating the Attentional Blink by Including Salient Temporal Events in the RSVP Stream [abstract]. Poster presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Houston, TX.

We examined the effect on the attentional blink (AB) of changes in temporal dynamics among items presented in a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) stream. Manipulation of interstimulus intervals produced faster item presentation rates at different points in the stream. AB did not attenuate when the change occurred just prior to the onset of either the first target (T1) or the second (T2), or just after T2 offset. AB was attenuated when the change occurred just after T1 offset. AB attenuation did not vary with changes in T1 identification rate. These findings are latter varied with changes in item presentation rate. These findings are inconsistent with two-stage processing models of AB; however, they are consistent with attentional control models, in which AB occurs when transference of attentional control from T1 to T2 is inefficient. AB attenuation produced by rate change after T1 offset may indicate that the change facilitated disengagement of attention from T1.

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