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Attention Capture
Entry #0787
The reason empty space around an item makes it louder
Empty space makes an item louder because whitespace eliminates competing stimuli, forcing the visual system to allocate all saliency to the remaining element.
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The hidden part
#0787
Whitespace is not empty — it is an attentional amplifier. Every pixel removed is a competitor eliminated, and the surviving element absorbs the full attention budget.