From Faces to Fingers: Examining Attentional Capture of Faces and Body Parts Using Colour Singleton Paradigm.
Faces and body parts play a crucial role in human social communication. Numerous studies emphasize their significance as sociobiological stimuli in daily interactions. Two experiments were conducted to examine the following: (a) whether faces or body parts are processed more quickly than other visua...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale Vol. 78; no. 4; pp. 210 - 222 |
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Canadian Psychological Association
Dec2024
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