Do gaze and non-gaze stimuli trigger different spatial interference effects? It depends on stimulus perceivability

ABSTRACT: Among the studies on the perception of gaze vs. non-gaze stimuli, some have shown that the two types of stimuli trigger different patterns of attentional effects, while others have reported no such differences. In three experiments, we investigated the role of stimulus perceivability in spatial interference effects when the targets were gaze vs. non-gaze stimuli. We used a spatial Stroop task that required participants to make a speeded response to the direction indicated by the targets located on the left or right side of fixation. In different experiments, the targets consisted of eyes, symbols, and/or arrows. The results showed that the magnitude of the spatial congruency effect differed between the types of targets when stimulus perceivability was not controlled. However, when the perc

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9513585 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature