Onset Capture Requires Attention

Overview

Journal Psychon Bull Rev

Specialty Psychology

Date 2009 May 20

PMID 19451381

Citations 5

Authors

Feng Du

Richard A Abrams

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Abstract

We studied exogenous cuing caused by an uninformative abrupt onset during a time when subjects were under the influence of the attentional blink. In two experiments, we found a reduced impact of exogenous cuing during the blink time of the attentional blink. The results indicate that involuntary orienting caused by abrupt onsets is sensitive to manipulation of available attentional resources. Thus, onset capture requires attention.

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