Attention control comprises enhancement of target signals and attenuation of distractor signals. We describe an approach to measure separately but concurrently, the neurophysiology of attending and ignoring in sustained intermodal attention, utilizing a passive control condition during which neither process is continuously engaged.
Lenartowicz, A., Simpson, G. V., O'Connell, S. R., Cohen, M. S. Measurement of Neurophysiological Signals of Ignoring and Attending Processes in Attention Control. J. Vis. Exp. (101), e52958, doi:10.3791/52958 (2015).