Each time we open our eyes, we are confronted with an overwhelming amount of
information. How is it possible, then, that we still have a strong impression that we …

This review focuses on covert attention and how it alters early vision. I explain why attention
is considered a selective process, the constructs of covert attention, spatial endogenous and …

Does attention alter appearance? This critical issue, debated for over a century, remains
unsettled. From psychophysical evidence that covert attention affects early vision—it …

For natural scenes, attention is frequently quantified either by performance during rapid
presentation or by gaze allocation during prolonged viewing. Both paradigms operate on …

Covert spatial attention has long been thought to speed visual processing. Psychophysics
studies have shown that target information accrues faster at attended locations than at …

Voluntary (endogenous, sustained) covert spatial attention selects relevant sensory
information for prioritized processing. The behavioral and neural consequences of such …

Covert attention, the selective processing of visual information in the absence of eye
movements, improves behavioral performance. We found that attention, both exogenous …

Each time we open our eyes we are confronted with an overwhelming amount of
information. Despite this, we experience a seemingly effortless understanding of our visual …

Transient covert attention increases contrast sensitivity at the target location with an
informative spatial cue. Here we explored whether an uninformative spatial cue (50% valid …

Exogenous covert attention is an automatic, transient form of attention that can be triggered
by sudden changes in the periphery. Here we test for the effects of attention on color …