“…Previous research has found both of these types of cue to be highly effective in controlling spatial attention (e.g., Hommel, Pratt, Colzato, & Godijn, 2001). Arrows have been shown to be particularly effective in eliciting what many believe to be automatic orienting to the cued location, even when they are uninformative (e.g., Ristic & Kingstone, 2012), in conflict with task instructions (e.g., Ristic & Kingstone, 2012;Galfano et al, 2012), or even outside one's conscious awareness (Gabay, Avni, & Henik, 2012).…”