Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4034755 | Vision Research | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The present study investigated whether subliminal (unconsciously perceived) visual information influences eye movement metrics, like saccade trajectories and endpoints. Participants made eye movements upwards and downwards while a subliminal distractor was presented in the periphery. Results showed that the subliminal distractor interfered with the execution of an eye movement, although the effects were smaller compared to a control experiment in which the distractor was presented supraliminal. Because saccade metrics are mediated by low level brain areas, this indicates that subliminal visual information evokes competition at a very low level in the oculomotor system.
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Authors
Stefan Van der Stigchel, Manon Mulckhuyse, Jan Theeuwes,