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Oct, 2023;30 (5): 1668-1688.

When the mind's eye prevails: The Internal Dominance over External Attention (IDEA) hypothesis.

Sam Verschooren, Tobias Egner
Author Information
  1. Sam Verschooren: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA. sam.verschooren@outlook.com. ORCID
  2. Tobias Egner: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
PMID: 36988893 DOI: 10.3758/s13423-023-02272-8

Abstract

Throughout the 20th century, the psychological literature has considered attention as being primarily directed at the outside world. More recent theories conceive attention as also operating on internal information, and mounting evidence suggests a single, shared attentional focus between external and internal information. Such sharing implies a cognitive architecture where attention needs to be continuously shifted between prioritizing either external or internal information, but the fundamental principles underlying this attentional balancing act are currently unknown. Here, we propose and evaluate one such principle in the shape of the Internal Dominance over External Attention (IDEA) hypothesis: Contrary to the traditional view of attention as being primarily externally oriented, IDEA asserts that attention is inherently biased toward internal information. We provide a theoretical account for why such an internal attention bias may have evolved and examine findings from a wide range of literatures speaking to the balancing of external versus internal attention, including research on working memory, attention switching, visual search, mind wandering, sustained attention, and meditation. We argue that major findings in these disparate research lines can be coherently understood under IDEA. Finally, we consider tentative neurocognitive mechanisms contributing to IDEA and examine the practical implications of more deliberate control over this bias in the context of psychopathology. It is hoped that this novel hypothesis motivates cross-talk between the reviewed research lines and future empirical studies directly examining the mechanisms that steer attention either inward or outward on a moment-by-moment basis.

Keywords

Attention and memory Cognitive and attentional control Internal attention Mind wandering

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