Reduction of the Spatial Stroop Effect by Peripheral Cueing as a Function of the Presence/Absence of Placeholders Luo, Chunming Lupiáñez Castillo, Juan Funes Molina, María Jesús Fu, Xiaolan Analysis of variance Attention Computers Data reduction Modulators Psychology Reaction time Undergraduates In a paradigm combining spatial Stroop with spatial cueing, the current study investigated the role of the presence vs. absence of placeholders on the reduction of the spatial Stroop effect by peripheral cueing. At a short cue-target interval, the modulation of peripheral cueing over the spatial Stroop effect was observed independently of the presence/absence of placeholders. At the long cue-target interval, however, this modulation over the spatial Stroop effect only occurred in the placeholders-present condition. These findings show that placeholders are modulators but not mediators of the reduction of the spatial Stroop effect by peripheral cueing, which further favor the cue-target integration account. 2014-03-21T14:17:01Z 2014-03-21T14:17:01Z 2013 journal article Luo, C.; Lupiáñez, J.; Funes, M.J.; Fu, X. Reduction of the Spatial Stroop Effect by Peripheral Cueing as a Function of the Presence/Absence of Placeholders. Plos One, 8(7): e69456 (2013). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31039] 1932-6203 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069456 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31039 eng open access Public Library of Science (PLOS)