In spatial cueing, cues presented at target position (valid condition) can capture visual attention and facilitate responses to the target relative to cues presented away from target position (invalid condition). If cues and targets carry different features, the necessary updating of the object representation from the cue to the target display sometimes counteracts and even reverses facilitation in valid conditions, resulting in an inverted validity effect. Previous studies reached partly divergent conclusions regarding the conditions under which object-file updating occurs, and little is known about the exact nature of the processes involved. Object-file updating has so far been investigated by manipulating cue-target similarities in task-relevant target features, but other features that change between the cue and target displays might also contribute to object-file updating. This study examined the conditions under which object-file updating could counteract validity effects by systematically varying task-relevant (color), response-relevant (identity), and response-irrelevant (orientation) features between cue and target displays. The results illustrate that object-file updating is largely restricted to task-relevant features. In addition, the difficulty of the search task affects the degree to which object-file updating costs interact with spatial cueing.

中文翻译：

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在空间提示中调查对象文件。

在空间提示中，在目标位置（有效条件）呈现的提示可以捕捉视觉注意力并促进对目标相对于远离目标位置（无效条件）呈现的提示的响应。如果线索和目标具有不同的特征，从线索到目标显示的对象表示的必要更新有时会抵消甚至逆转有效条件下的促进，导致反向有效性效应。先前的研究就对象文件更新发生的条件得出了部分不同的结论，并且对所涉及过程的确切性质知之甚少。到目前为止，已经通过操纵任务相关目标特征中的线索目标相似性来研究目标文件更新，但是在提示和目标显示之间变化的其他功能也可能有助于目标文件更新。本研究通过系统地改变提示和目标显示之间的任务相关（颜色）、响应相关（身份）和响应无关（方向）特征，检查了对象文件更新可以抵消有效性影响的条件。结果表明，目标文件更新在很大程度上仅限于与任务相关的功能。此外，搜索任务的难度会影响目标文件更新成本与空间提示交互的程度。提示和目标显示之间的响应无关（方向）特征。结果表明，目标文件更新在很大程度上仅限于与任务相关的功能。此外，搜索任务的难度会影响目标文件更新成本与空间提示交互的程度。提示和目标显示之间的响应无关（方向）特征。结果表明，目标文件更新在很大程度上仅限于与任务相关的功能。此外，搜索任务的难度会影响目标文件更新成本与空间提示交互的程度。