TY - JOUR
T1 - Is visual attention automatically attracted by one’s own name?
AU - Bundesen, Claus
AU - Kyllingsbæk, Søren
AU - Houmann, Kristjan Jul
AU - Jensen, Rune Møller
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Subjects were presented with briefly exposed visual displays of words that were common first names with a length of four to six letters. In the main experiment, each display consisted of four words: two names shown in red and two shown in white. The subject’s task was to report the red names (targets), but ignore the white ones (distractors). On some trials the subject’s own name appeared as a display item (target or distractor). Presentation of the subject’s name as a distractor caused no more interference with report of targets than did presentation of other names as distractors. Apparently, visual attention was not automatically attracted by the subject’s own name.
AB - Subjects were presented with briefly exposed visual displays of words that were common first names with a length of four to six letters. In the main experiment, each display consisted of four words: two names shown in red and two shown in white. The subject’s task was to report the red names (targets), but ignore the white ones (distractors). On some trials the subject’s own name appeared as a display item (target or distractor). Presentation of the subject’s name as a distractor caused no more interference with report of targets than did presentation of other names as distractors. Apparently, visual attention was not automatically attracted by the subject’s own name.
U2 - https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03206017
DO - https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03206017
M3 - Journal article
VL - 59
SP - 714
EP - 720
JO - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
JF - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
SN - 1943-3921
IS - 5
ER -