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This research investigated the allocation of attention to target and distractor stimuli presented at varied retinal locations. Previous studies found that the spatial distribution of target and distractor stimuli affected the amount of interference obtained in Stroop-like tasks. This study tested whether the spatial distribution effect was affected by the use of a moving target and by the presentation of a distractor in advance of the target. The results extended the spatial distribution effect to a task involving apparent motion and showed that the advance presentation of a distractor at varied stimulus onset asynchronies did not influence the phenomenon under study.
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This work was supported in part by funds from the Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and from the State of North Carolina.
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Goolkasian, P. Target and distractor processing at several retinal locations. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 27, 231–233 (1989). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334592
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