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Lien, Mei-Ching; Ruthruff, Eric; Johnston, James C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2010
The classic theory of spatial attention hypothesized 2 modes, voluntary and involuntary. Folk, Remington, and Johnston (1992) reported that even involuntary attention capture by stimuli requires a match between stimulus properties and what the observer is looking for. This surprising conclusion has been confirmed by many subsequent studies. In…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Attention Control, Spatial Ability, Visual Perception
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Lien, Mei-Ching; Ruthruff, Eric; Goodin, Zachary; Remington, Roger W. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2008
Theories of attentional control are divided over whether the capture of spatial attention depends primarily on stimulus salience or is contingent on attentional control settings induced by task demands. The authors addressed this issue using the N2-posterior-contralateral (N2pc) effect, a component of the event-related brain potential thought to…
Descriptors: Cues, Attention Control, Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions