Spatial Attention

Inhibition of Return in Perception and Action

This study systematically examines whether inhibition of return (IOR) — the delayed processing of previously attended locations — affects both perceptual judgments and action responses similarly, addressing whether IOR is a unitary or task-specific phenomenon.

Inhibition of Return and the Human Frontal Eye Fields

Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over the frontal eye fields, we demonstrate that this oculomotor region plays a causal role in generating inhibition of return — the slowing of attention to previously cued spatial locations.