von Mühlenen, Adrian and Conci, Markus. (2009) Top-down influences on attentional capture by color changes. Psychological Research, Vol.73 (No.2). pp. 244-253. ISSN 0340-0727

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Abstract

Previous studies have shown that a change in an existing object is not as effective in capturing attention as the appearance of a new object. This view was recently challenged by Lu and Zhou (Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 12:567-572, 2005), who found strong capture effects for an object changing its color. We suspected that this finding critically depends on a procedural particularity in Lu and Zhou's study, namely that the color of the unique item and the color of the no-unique items randomly switched between trials. In the current study we replicate Lu and Zhou's capture effect (Experiment 1) and show that no capture occurs when the color-to-stimuli assignment is fixed (Experiment 2). Two further experiments suggest that the capture effect in Experiment 1 is not because the unique item switched color (Experiment 3), but because all the no-unique items switched color (Experiment 4). The results are discussed considering top-down modulation and inter-trial priming effects.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Visual perception, Color vision, Color -- Psychological aspects, Attention
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychological Research
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0340-0727
Date:	March 2009
Volume:	Vol.73
Number:	No.2
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	pp. 244-253
Identification Number:	10.1007/s00426-008-0216-9
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Grant number:	FOR481 (DFG)
Conference Paper Type:	Paper
Type of Event:	Conference
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/28410

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