Attention getting: Attention getting is not a simple automatic act. It requires complex active thought processing. The types of stimuli that are attention getting depend on past experience, individual reactivity, and what a person considers to be important. A hungry commuter may pay closer attention to the smell of food than to the surrounding sigh...
[adj] - seizing the attention 2. [adj] - likely to attract attention
catchy adjective likely to attract attention; `a catchy title for a movie`
conspicuously drawing attention to something or someone: an attention-getting device; attention-getting behavior.