Endogenous attention modulates attentional and motor interference from distractors: Evidence from behavioral and electrophysiological results Martín Arévalo, Elisa Lupiáñez Castillo, Juan Botta, Fabiano Chica Martínez, Ana Belén Distractors processing Interference Endogenous attention Event-related potentials (ERPs) Simon effect Selective visual attention enhances the processing of relevant stimuli and filters out irrelevant stimuli and/or distractors. However, irrelevant information is sometimes processed, as demonstrated by the Simon effect (Simon and Rudell, 1967). We examined whether fully irrelevant distractors (task and target-irrelevant) produce interference (measured as the Simon effect), and whether endogenous orienting modulated this interference. Despite being fully irrelevant, distractors were attentionally coded (as reflected by the distractor-related N2pc component), and interfered with the processing of the target response (as reflected by the target-related lateralized readiness potential component). Distractors’ attentional capture depended on endogenous attention, and their interference with target responses was modulated by both endogenous attention and distractor location repetition. These results demonstrate both endogenous attentional and motor modulations over the Simon effect produced by fully irrelevant distractors. 2018-03-01T12:09:31Z 2018-03-01T12:09:31Z 2015-02-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Martín-Arévalo, E.; et al. Endogenous attention modulates attentional and motor interference from distractors: evidence from behavioral and electrophysiological results. Frontiers in Psychology, 6: 132 (2015). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/49772] 1664-1078 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/49772 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00132 eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/04082 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Frontiers Media