Context dependency as a Function of Prediction Error-Based Attention

  1. Rosas, Juan M.
  2. Nelson, James Byron
Revista:
Psicológica: Revista de metodología y psicología experimental

ISSN: 1576-8597

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 40

Número: 2

Páginas: 34-45

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.2478/PSICOLJ-2019-0003 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Psicológica: Revista de metodología y psicología experimental

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Abstract Context dependence of information has been shown to be based, at least in part, on the attention contexts received at the time of training. Recent research suggests that attention to irrelevant contexts may be a byproduct of the activation of a general exploratory attentional mechanism prompted by high prediction errors associated with situations of uncertainty. Alternatively, low prediction errors may engage an attentional mechanism of exploitation in situations in which contexts play a relevant role. A selective review discusses the potential of this approach to explain context switch effects from an attentional perspective.

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* Corresponding author: Juan M. Rosas. Department of Psychology. University of Jaen, SPAIN. E-mail: jmrosas@ujaen.es. Acknowledgements: The work and its presentation here were supported by Grants PSI2014-52263-C2-1-P and PSI2014-52263-C2-2-P from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Competitiveness. Correspondence concerning to this article may be addressed to Juan M. Rosas, jmrosas@ujaen.es or James Byron Nelson, Jamesbyron.nelson@ehu.es

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