In humans, however, different cortical regions have been implicated in global feature-based enhancement and contingent capture.
Analyses of these oscillations and behavioral performance revealed contingent capture in central vision and global feature-based enhancement in the periphery.
Here, we applied intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) to assess the causal roles of two regions of extrastriate cortex – right area MT and the right temporoparietal junction (TPJ) – in both global feature-based enhancement and contingent capture.
Our results reveal a causal role for the right area MT in feature-based attention, and suggest that global feature-based enhancement does not underlie the contingent capture effect.
Several papers in the contingent capture literature also imply that attention is drawn to the distractor location, and then has to return to the target location [38], [39].
However, the contingent capture account argues that selection is always fully contingent on the top-down control setting (Folk et al., 1992).
Contrary to the typical Folk et al. contingent capture results, Belopolsky et al. showed that, irrespective to the cue, both relevant and irrelevant cue properties captured attention.
For example, the contingent capture hypothesis predicts that observers can set themselves on each trial for a particular color (Folk, Remington, & Jonhnston, 1992).
Also, we used seven display elements, whereas Lien et al. (2010) used only four display elements (as is typical for contingent capture).
For example, the contingent capture hypothesis predicts that observers can set themselves on each trial for a particular color (Folk et al., 1992).
