Although inhibition of return (IOR) has been examined in a number of experi
mental circumstances, it is not known if the number of potential target loc
ations affects the magnitude of the inhibition at a cued location. To inves
tigate this issue, participants were randomly presented with displays of tw
o, four, or six potential target locations in a typical IOR detection task.
The findings indicated that number of target locations did not affect IOR
and that RTs at uncued locations varied systematically as a function of the
spatial relationship between the cued and uncued location.