Frequency Based Modulation of Salient Distractor Suppression is Contingent on Task Difficulty

Salient distractor present trials could make up for 20%, 50% and 80% of total trials, along with salient distractor absent trials, in each block. We expected RTs, dwell time, and saccade latency and percentage of saccades to indicate suppression of salient distractor and that it would vary across blocks.

The trial reports were used for reaction time and accuracy analysis, the fixation report for dwell time analysis and percent of fixations, and the saccade report for first saccade latency and proportion analysis. The experiment has a distractor (present vs absent) and block (20,50,80) within-subjects design. The raw data files as well as R codes for linear mixed model analysis are available here.