Learning what to expect: context-specific control over intertrial priming effects in singleton search

The present study explored the degree to which repetition effects in color pop-out search from trial n − 1 to trial n are subject to the attentional control settings of the observer. Intertrial priming effects were compared between two contexts that differed in terms of the utility of immediate prior experience for current performance; in one context, the target was likely to repeat, and in the other context, the target was likely to alternate …