@misc{10481/102822,
year = {2024},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/102822},
abstract = {Entrainment theories propose that attention inherently oscillates between moments of attentional enhancement
and disengagement. Consequently, perceptual and response benefits have been reported in tasks with a rhythmic
structure. In the present study, we report two preregistered auditory experiments attempting to replicate previous
supporting behavioral evidence of entrainment theories. In addition, we incorporated eye-tracker measures. Both
Experiment 1 (duration discrimination task) and Experiment 2 (pitch discrimination task) showed no phase-
specific benefit of rhythmic sequences compared to arrhythmic ones. Importantly, a tonic larger pupil size for
arrhythmic conditions was observed irrespective of target phase, suggesting higher processing demands or arousal
state imposed by a sustained uncertain context. Overall, the present results call into question whether the
perceptual benefits predicted by entrainment theories are generalizable across all experimental designs and
paradigms. On the contrary, our findings join a large group of studies that have failed to replicate the foundational
results of attentional entrainment.},
organization = {European Union’s Horizon 2020 101149355},
organization = {MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (PID2020-114790GB-I00, PID2023-148421NB-I00)},
organization = {ERDF/EU (PID2021-128696NA-I00)},
organization = {University of Granada},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Universities},
organization = {European Union NextGeneration},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Rhythm},
keywords = {Entrainment},
keywords = {Dynamic Attending Theory},
keywords = {Foreperiod},
keywords = {Pupillometry},
title = {Influence of rhythmic contexts on perception: No behavioral and eye-tracker evidence for rhythmic entrainment},
doi = {10.1016/j.concog.2024.103789},
author = {Román Caballero, Rafael and Martín Arévalo, Elisa and Martín Sánchez, Paulina del Carmen and Lupiáñez Castillo, Juan and Capizzi, Mariagrazia},
}