%A Chu Hengqing,Zhou Xiaolin %T Attentional Capture and Top-down Processes %0 Journal Article %D 2004 %J Advances in Psychological Science %R %P 680-687 %V 12 %N 5 %U {https://journal.psych.ac.cn/xlkxjz/CN/abstract/article_928.shtml} %8 2004-09-15 %X Attentional capture is of great importance in revealing the relationship between two kinds of attentional control: bottom-up processes and top-down processes. Two main experimental paradigms are used in the current research on attention capture: pre-cuing paradigm and visual search paradigm. This paper reviewed several aspects concering: 1) the relationship between stimulus-driven attention capture and top-down control; 2) whether spatial shift of attention is involved in attentional capture; 3) the role of perceptual saliency in attentional capture; 4) how experimental paradigms influence attentional capture. Studies in general showed that no visual stimulus can capture attention independently of top-down control. That is, attentional capture is defaulted as an automatic process, which can be inhibited or facilitated by endogenous modulation.