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phenomenon > attention phenomenon > attentional capture

Preferred term

attentional capture  

Definition

  • A phenomenon that occurs when the accuracy or the detection time of a target stimulus is influenced by the automatic redirection of attention to an irrelevant stimulus.

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  • • Bacon, W. F., & Egeth, H. E. (1994). Overriding stimulus-driven attentional capture. Perception & Psychophysics, 55(5), 485–496. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03205306

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Folk, C. L., Remington, R. W., & Johnston, J. C. (1992). Involuntary covert orienting is contingent on attentional control settings. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18(4), 1030–1044. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.18.4.1030

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Maquestiaux, F. (2017). Psychologie de l’attention (2ᵉ éd.). De Boeck.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Theeuwes, J. (1992). Perceptual selectivity for color and form. Perception & Psychophysics, 51(6), 599–606. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03211656

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Theeuwes, J. (1994). Stimulus-driven capture and attentional set: Selective search for color and visual abrupt onsets. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 20(4), 799–806. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.20.4.799

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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