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July 28, 2026CognitionOpen Access

Spatial biases of covert attention with dynamic gaze position

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YCYuqing CaiCSChristoph StrauchSSStefan Van der Stigchel

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Overview

Randomized trial reveals spatial biases of covert attention in dynamic gaze conditions, indicating influence from overt attention.

Key Points

  • This research investigates whether covert attention exhibits spatial biases similar to overt attention.
  • Participants tracked a moving dot while covertly discriminating surrounding probes in Experiment 1.
  • Pupillary light responses were measured during free-viewing movies in Experiment 2 to index covert attention.
  • Two experiments assessed biases in covert attention based on gaze position.
  • In Experiment 1, discrimination performance was higher for central probes regardless of gaze, indicating spatiotopic center bias.
  • Enhanced performance towards screen center was observed when gaze was leftward, demonstrating a retinotopic bias.
  • Experiment 2 replicated findings, confirming retinotopic center bias of covert attention when overt attention was directed leftward.

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Cai et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6850eb2845b684d16f0025https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2026.106667
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