The attentional repulsion effect (ARE)and the attentional attraction effect (AAE) are related to the spatial location and persistence of cue presentation. The present study examined the effect of cue condition on their effect sizes by comparing differences in subjects’ response rates to the location of the vernier. The results showed that in the ARE, subjects had higher response rates to vernier away from the cue, and in the AAE, higher response rates to vernier ipsilateral to the cue. At the same time, emergent cues also triggered a significant ARE; thus, cue spatial location played a significant role in the ARE, whereas the AAE was co-modulated by cue spatial location and persistence. Based on this conclusion, the present study analyzed the similarities and differences in possible attentional mechanisms between the two.