highly significantP < 0.001
Behavioral data on the task This analysis revealed a highly significant main effect of direction (F1,91) = 85.12; P < 0.001; pη 2 = 0.48); participants were slower to respond to looming stimuli than receding stimuli (mean loom = 468.14 [s.e. = 14.16]; mean recede = 419.54 [s.e. = 10.25]).