ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
The Effect of “Camouflaged” Implicit Cues on Visual Attentional Orienting
- Shih-Chiang Ke
Taipei Medical University - Yu-Hui Lo
Taipei Medical University - Chih-Chung Ting
University of Amsterdam - Philip Tseng
Taipei Medical University
Abstract
Do people implicitly “perceive” the hidden arrow in the FedEx logo? We investigated this using Posner's paradigm with an endogenous but camouflaged arrow as an attentional cue. We found no congruency effect in reaction time. Thus, hidden figure-ground cues in graphic design may not be as effective as previously assumed.
Perception