Peripheral cuing by abrupt-onset cues: The influence of color in S-R corresponding conditions

Ulrich Ansorge, Manfred Heumann

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Abstract

Research on visuospatial attention indicates that a peripheral abrupt-onset cue at target position (valid condition) facilitates processing of the target, whereas a cue at another position interferes. This validity effect seems to be contingent on a similarity of the cue's color to the set of target colors (cf. J. Exp. Psychol.: Human Percep. Perform. 18 (1992) 1030). In Experiments 1-3, we confirm this contingency with cues that have the potential to activate responses. Thus, attentional capture and response capture are apparently governed by the same principle. In Experiment 2, it is demonstrated that color priming is not responsible for the contingency. In Experiment 3, it is shown that a more efficient reallocation of attention after color-dissimilar cues than after color-similar cues might contribute to the contingency.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)115-143
Seitenumfang29
FachzeitschriftActa Psychologica
Jahrgang116
Ausgabenummer2
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juni 2004

ÖFOS 2012

  • 501001 Allgemeine Psychologie

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