Learning and transfer of feature-based attentional modulation

Abstract

Feature-based attention, but not spatial attention, modulates learning and transfer • Under certain training conditions, perceptual learning can transfer across spatial location (Xiao et al., 2008; Zhang et al., 2013) • Since feature-based attention is spatially global, learning to attend to features should transfer across spatial positions (Byers & Serences, 2012) Question: How do feature-based attentional cues and spatial attention cues impact the magnitude of perceptual learning and its transfer?