Do faces and objects compete for attention? Borrmann K., Boutet I., & Chaudhuri A. In this study, we examine whether faces and objects compete for attention, and whether their differential processing is reflected in the way attention influences recognition. In a priming paradigm, positive priming was found for both attended faces and attended houses. Negative priming was found for unattended faces, suggesting that faces and objects compete for attention. However, negative priming was not found for unattended houses, indicating a differential influence of attention, whereby faces might either capture attention, or be processed in a highly automatic fashion.