An Investigation of Attentional and Inhibitory Processes During Active Visual Search in Humans

In the experiments, participants sit in front of a computer screen with their head in a chinrest to control for distance from the monitor and eye-tracking equipment. For the visual search task, participants will search for a visual target among distractors and make a response regarding its orientation. For the stop-signal task, participants will make an eye movement to a target that appears on the screen, except on trials where a visual signal appears indicating they should cancel this behavior. In the useful field of view task, participants will report the location of a briefly-presented and masked target, while also responding to the identify of a central target in some blocks.