Measurement of Neurophysiological Signals of Ignoring and Attending Processes in Attention ControlAgatha Lenartowicz 1, Gregory V. Simpson 2, Samantha R. O'Connell 1, Mark S. Cohen 3
1Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, 2Attention Research Institute, 3Departments of Psychiatry, Radiology, Neurology, Biomedical Physics, Psychology and Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles
Attention control comprises enhancement of target signals and attenuation of distractor signals. We describe an approach to measure separately but concurrently, the neurophysiology of attending and ignoring in sustained intermodal attention, utilizing a passive control condition during which neither process is continuously engaged.