Shifting the attentional focus in space results in performance benefits at attended vs. unattended locations. For instance, stimuli positions outside the focus are perceived as repulsed from the attended location – Attentional Repulsion Effect (ARE). This bias is assumed to reflect a change of visual field representations in retinotopic areas induced by the attentional shift. We tested whether warped representations are uniform across the visual field. We found that the ARE is a quadrant specific bias and therefore most likely generated in neural areas with quadrantic representations of the visual field (V2/V3). Since the ARE's attentional nature was questioned, we assessed eye-movement and event-related potential (ERP) signatures of exogenous and endogenous attention shifts during the ARE task. With these methods, we provided a first direct link between attention shifts and the ARE. Hence, we conclude that the ARE is a prime example for quadrant-specific biased perception outside the focus of attention.