{"publication":"Frontiers in Psychology","intvolume":"        15","citation":{"bibtex":"@article{Banh_Tünnermann_Rohlfing_Scharlau_2024, title={Benefiting from Binary Negations? Verbal Negations Decrease Visual Attention and Balance Its Distribution}, volume={15}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309\">10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309</a>}, journal={Frontiers in Psychology}, author={Banh, Ngoc Chi and Tünnermann, Jan and Rohlfing, Katharina J. and Scharlau, Ingrid}, year={2024} }","ama":"Banh NC, Tünnermann J, Rohlfing KJ, Scharlau I. Benefiting from Binary Negations? Verbal Negations Decrease Visual Attention and Balance Its Distribution. <i>Frontiers in Psychology</i>. 2024;15. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309\">10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309</a>","short":"N.C. Banh, J. Tünnermann, K.J. Rohlfing, I. Scharlau, Frontiers in Psychology 15 (2024).","ieee":"N. C. Banh, J. Tünnermann, K. J. Rohlfing, and I. Scharlau, “Benefiting from Binary Negations? Verbal Negations Decrease Visual Attention and Balance Its Distribution,” <i>Frontiers in Psychology</i>, vol. 15, 2024, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309\">10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309</a>.","apa":"Banh, N. C., Tünnermann, J., Rohlfing, K. J., &#38; Scharlau, I. (2024). Benefiting from Binary Negations? Verbal Negations Decrease Visual Attention and Balance Its Distribution. <i>Frontiers in Psychology</i>, <i>15</i>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309\">https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309</a>","mla":"Banh, Ngoc Chi, et al. “Benefiting from Binary Negations? Verbal Negations Decrease Visual Attention and Balance Its Distribution.” <i>Frontiers in Psychology</i>, vol. 15, 2024, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309\">10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309</a>.","chicago":"Banh, Ngoc Chi, Jan Tünnermann, Katharina J. Rohlfing, and Ingrid Scharlau. “Benefiting from Binary Negations? Verbal Negations Decrease Visual Attention and Balance Its Distribution.” <i>Frontiers in Psychology</i> 15 (2024). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309\">https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309</a>."},"title":"Benefiting from Binary Negations? Verbal Negations Decrease Visual Attention and Balance Its Distribution","_id":"53072","date_updated":"2024-12-02T09:41:36Z","abstract":[{"text":"Negated statements require more processing efforts than assertions. However, in certain contexts, repeating negations undergo adaptation, which over time mitigates the effort.\r\nHere, we ask negations hamper visual processing and whether consecutive repetitions mitigate its influence. \r\nWe assessed the overall attentional capacity and its distribution, the relative weight, quantitatively using \r\nthe formal Theory of Visual Attention (TVA).\r\nWe employed a very simple form for negations, binary negations. Negated instructions, expressing the only alternative to the core supposition, were cognitively demanding, resulting in a loss of attentional capacity in three experiments. The overall attentional capacity recovered gradually but stagnated at a lower level than with assertions, even after many repetitions. Additionally, negations distributed the attention equally between target and reference stimulus. Repetitions slightly increased the reference' share of attention. Assertions, on the other hand, shifted the attentional weight towards the target. Few repetitions slightly decreased the bias towards the target, many repetitions increased the bias.","lang":"eng"}],"doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309","user_id":"38219","type":"journal_article","main_file_link":[{"url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1451309/abstract","open_access":"1"}],"volume":15,"article_type":"original","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"publication_status":"published","date_created":"2024-03-27T12:16:33Z","year":"2024","project":[{"name":"TRR 318 - A05: TRR 318 - Echtzeitmessung der Aufmerksamkeit im Mensch-Roboter-Erklärdialog (Teilprojekt A05)","grant_number":"438445824","_id":"115"},{"name":"PC2: Computing Resources Provided by the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing","_id":"52"}],"author":[{"full_name":"Banh, Ngoc Chi","orcid":"0000-0002-5946-4542","last_name":"Banh","first_name":"Ngoc Chi","id":"38219"},{"first_name":"Jan","last_name":"Tünnermann","full_name":"Tünnermann, Jan"},{"id":"50352","first_name":"Katharina J.","full_name":"Rohlfing, Katharina J.","last_name":"Rohlfing"},{"id":"451","first_name":"Ingrid","last_name":"Scharlau","full_name":"Scharlau, Ingrid","orcid":"0000-0003-2364-9489"}],"department":[{"_id":"424"},{"_id":"660"}],"status":"public","oa":"1"}