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40 ms matters
Dock H Duncan1,2, Jan Theeuwes1,2,3
1Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdamhttps://ror.org/008xxew50, Amsterdam, Netherlands D.H.Duncan@vu.nl.
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|November 26, 2025
Abstract:
Rosenholtz (2024) dismisses attentional capture, arguing that brief distractions (20-40 ms) are insignificant or intentional. However, we argue that distractions are never intentional nor negligible, and studying them is crucial both theoretically and for real-world applications.

