The attentional repulsion effect distorts space but not objects

Abstract

• A spatial consequence of allocating attention to peripheral locations  reflexive shifts of attention to the periphery create errors in the localization of visual stimuli in the direction opposite to the shift (Suzuki & Cavanagh, 1997) • Location : pay attention to the circles – ‘is the top circle to the left or right of the bottom circle?’ • Object : pay attention to the diamond – ‘is the diamond tilted to the left or to the right?’