title: Reflexive orienting by central arrows: evidence from the inattentional blindness task.
abstract: It was demonstrated that central arrows produce orienting of attention even when they are nonpredictive as to the target location. This finding was suggested to indicate reflexive orienting of attention by central arrows. However, it is not clear whether central arrows can produce an attentional effect without awareness. In two experiments, using a variation of the inattentional blindness task, we examine whether orienting of attention by a central arrow can be demonstrated without conscious perception of the arrow. We found that attention could be directed to the cued location even when the arrow was not consciously perceived.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer-Sheva, Israel. shaigaba@bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: Shai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gabay
authors.forename: Dolev
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Avni
authors.forename: Avishai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Henik
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011930:Reaction Time; D013028:Space Perception