Unconscious Cueing via the Superior Colliculi: Evidence from Searching for Onset and Color Targets
According to the bottom-up theory of attention, unconscious abrupt onsets are highly salient and capture attention via the Superior Colliculi (SC).Crucially, abrupt onsets increase the perceived contrast.In line with the SC hypothesis, unconscious abrupt-onset cues capture attention regardless of the cue color when participants search for abrupt-on