Subliminal meaning-contingent attentional orienting: The role of attentional control setting based on displaywide features.

ABSTRACT: People's subjective factors can affect the spatial allocation of attention, and objects that are more in line with people's expectations are easier to attract attention. In the current study, we wanted to know whether the meaning-contingent spatial attentional orienting could occur at the subliminal level, that is, whether conscious awareness was needed, and which attentional control settings worked. The current study employed a modified spatial cueing paradigm and the cues were made imperceptible by backward masking. The results showed that the capture effects of the left and the right positions stemmed from the meaning-contingent attentional control setting based on displaywide features, while the inhibition effect of the lower position and the capture effect of the upper position stemme

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9752581 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature