Endogenous orienting is reduced during the attentional blink.

We studied endogenous cuing during the attentional blink in order to examine its resistance to dual task interference. In two experiments, we found a reduced impact of endogenous cuing during the "blink" time of the attentional blink. In a third experiment endogenous cuing was intact when it was not influenced by demands imposed by an earlier target. Contrary to a recent report (Zhang et al. in Exp Brain Res, 185, 287-295, 2008), the results indicate that endogenous orienting guided by semantic cues is susceptible to the attentional blink.