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Cristina Narganes-Pineda¹, Ana B Chica², Juan Lupiáñez²

¹Department of Experimental Psychology, Mind, Brain, and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Campus de Cartuja, s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain. cnarganes@ugr.es.

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Explicitly processing stimulus direction is necessary for spatial congruency effects with arrows and eye-gaze cues. Implicit processing, like identifying color, eliminated these effects, suggesting attention is key.

Keywords:

Arrows Attentional orienting Gaze Implicit processing Reversed congruency effect Social attention Spatial interference task

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Visual Perception

Background:

Spatial congruency effects differ between arrow and eye-gaze stimuli.
Eye-gaze stimuli can elicit a reversed congruency effect (RCE), unlike arrows.
Previous hypotheses for RCE lack empirical support.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate the role of explicit versus implicit processing in spatial congruency effects.
Determine if attention to stimulus direction is required for arrow and eye-gaze congruency effects.
Examine the influence of response modality (manual vs. verbal) on these effects.

Main Methods:

Participants performed explicit (direction identification) and implicit (color identification) tasks.
Stimuli included left/right pointing arrows and left/right looking eye-gaze.
Responses were recorded manually and verbally.

Main Results:

Standard congruency effects for arrows and RCE for eye-gaze were observed only during the explicit direction task.
No congruency effects were found when participants focused on stimulus color (implicit task).
Response modality did not alter the observed congruency effects.

Conclusions:

Explicit attention to stimulus direction is crucial for observing spatial congruency effects with arrows and eye-gaze.
Implicit processing negates congruency effects, challenging existing RCE explanations.
Findings necessitate a revised hypothesis for the reversed congruency effect in eye-gaze processing.