Is Inhibition of Return due to Attentional DIsengagement or to a Detection Cost? The Detection Cost Theory of IOR

When the time interval between two peripheral stimuli is long enough, reaction times (RTs) to targets presented at previously stimulated locations are longer than RTs to targets presented at new locations. This effect is widely known as Inhibition of Return (IOR). The effect is usually explained as an inhibitory bias against returning attention to previously attended locations. Thus, attentional disengagement is considered to be a necessary condition to observe IOR [...]

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