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Brain Sci. 2012, 2, 33-60; doi:10.3390/brainsci2010033 OPEN ACCESS brain sciences ISSN 2076-3425 /journal/brainsci/ Article Unconscious Cueing via the Superior Colliculi: Evidence from Searching for Onset and Color Targets Isabella Fuchs 1 and Ulrich Ansorge 1,2,* 1 Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, 1010 Vienna, Austria; E-Mail: isabella.fuchs@univie.ac.at 2 Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ulrich.ansorge@univie.ac.at; Tel.: +43-1-4277-47823; Fax: +43-1-4277-47819. Received: 13 December 2011; in revised form: 3 February 2012 / Accepted: 7 February 2012 / Published: 15 February 2012 Abstract: According to the bottom-up theory of attention, unconscious abrupt onsets are highly salient and capture attention via the Superior Colliculi (SC). Crucially, abrupt onsets increase the perceived contrast. In line with the SC hypothesis, unconscious abrupt-onset cues capture attention regardless of the cue color when participants search for abrupt-onset targets (Experiment 1). Also, stronger cueing effects occur for higher than lower contrast cues (Experiment 2) and for temporally, rather than nasally, presented stimuli (Experiment 3). However, in line with the known color-insensitivity of the SC, the SC pathway is shunted and unconscious abrupt-onset cues no longer capture attention when the participants have to sear