Do sudden onsets need to be perceived as new objects to capture attention? The interplay between sensory transients and display configuration

摘要: Yantis and Jonides (1984) (1988) reported robust involuntary attentional capture by sudden-onsets, the origin of which has been debated. Prominent accounts have highlighted aspects that include “new object” status a sudden-onset (Yantis & Hillstrom, 1994) substantial luminance changes accompanying their appearance (Gellatly, Cole Blurton, 1999; Franconeri, Hollingworth Simons, 2005), including relative differences in amount sensory change between target nontarget items (Pinto, Olivers Theeuwes, 2008). In this research we dissociate sudden onsets from extent to they appear as newly created objects search displays. We attempted determine contribution local display configuration sudden-onsets. showed old modulates impact caused