Table 1.
Study | Trials | Stimulus duration | ISIa | Experimental condition | n |
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1 | 2 | 6 s/6 s | 2 min | Notice all that you can | 243 |
2 | 4 | 2 s/4 s/6 s/8 s | 2 min | Extract as many details as possible | 106 |
3 | 3 | 2 s/4 s/6 s | 2 min | Detect name of businesses and anything unusual | 305 |
4 | 4 | 3 s/4 s/7 s/10 s | 2 min | Detect name of businesses and anything unusual | 117 |
5 | 2 | 2 s/6 s | 2 min | Notice all that you can | 109 |
Notice as many animate objects as possible, such as people | 45 | ||||
Notice as many inanimate objects as possible, such as stores or signs | 50 | ||||
Notice things that are unusual | 42 | ||||
6 | 2 | 2 s/6 s | 2 min | Notice as many animate objects as possible, such as people | 83 |
Notice as many inanimate objects as possible, such as stores or signs | 84 | ||||
Notice as many things that are unusual | 64 | ||||
7 | 2 | 2 s/6 s | 2 min | Suicidal woman story prime | 121 |
8 | 2 | 2 s/6 s | 2 min | Woman present→Woman absent | 67 |
Woman absent→Woman present | 68 | ||||
Barber pole present→Barber pole absent | 73 | ||||
N=1,577 |
The ISI, or interstimulus interval, is the time between offset of one stimulus and onset of the next. During this time, participants were asked to list what they saw in the photograph.