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What captures attention?
• We only perceive
a
fr
a
ction of stimuli th
a
t enter our consciousness (Mor
a
n & Desimone,
1985)
• M
a
ny stimuli enter our br
a
in without being detected consciously
• [Surviv
a
l] w
a
s predic
a
ted on the
a
bility to e
ff
iciently loc
a
te critic
a
lly import
a
nt events in the
surroundings. (Öhm
a
n, Flykt, & Esteves, 2001, p. 466).
• There
a
re br
a
in regions th
a
t monitored the surrounding environment for critic
a
l stimuli
(Cosmides & Tooby, 2013, p. 205).
• We
a
re more likely to fe
a
r events
a
nd situ
a
tions th
a
t provided thre
a
ts to the surviv
a
l of
our
a
ncestors, such
a
s potenti
a
lly de
a
dly pred
a
tors, heights,
a
nd wide open sp
a
ces, th
a
n
to fe
a
r the most frequently encountered potenti
a
lly de
a
dly objects in our contempor
a
ry
environment (Öhm
a
n & Minek
a
, 2001, p. 483)
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