Behavioural adaptation to redundant frequency distributions in time

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter examines to what extent repeated temporal relations between stimuli automatically lead to preferential treatment of those stimuli that have frequently been experienced at some given point in time. It reviews the main findings of the foreperiod paradigm and suggests that the observed target-specific effects of temporal validity are based on associations between the critical points in time at which targets appear and the task-relevant features of the targets that are frequently experienced at these points in time, such as target identity and required response.