Topic: background sounds

The Inhibition of Return (IOR) is an orienting mechanism to visual or auditory stimuli. It facilitates visual search in crowded scenes by inhibiting inspection of previously searched locations and promote inspection of previously unsearched locations (Klein, 2000). In general, the reaction time (RT) toward a target is fast when the interval between cue and target is short and slow when the interval between cue and target is long. IOR is identified by the crossover point of the RT towards cued and un-cued targets. Aging (Madden, 2007), stressors (Yu et al., 2015), and auditory stimuli (Tang et