Fig. 2 .

Split-half reliability of oculomotor capture is superior to reliability of fixation times. Bar graphs depict Pearson’s correlation values over attention capture by the distractor (oculomotor capture) and fixation times across multiple datasets. Regardless of critical distractor comparisons (high- vs. low-probability location; reward/threat-related vs. neutral; distractor-present vs. distractor-absent), type of visual search attentional template (feature-search vs. singleton-search), and age groups (young adults vs. older adults), the reliability of oculomotor capture was superior to the reliability of fixation times. Furthermore, the reliability of older adults was higher than that of young adults. Error bars reflect 95% confidence intervals of the Pearson correlation coefficient. *p < 0.05. ***p < 0.001