Although the contents of working memory can be decoded from visual cortex activity, these
representations may play a limited role if they are not robust to distraction. We used model …

Biocybernetic loops encompass users' state detection and system adaptation based on
physiological signals. Current adaptive systems limit the adaptation to task features such as …

Throughout the 20th century, the psychological literature has considered attention as being
primarily directed at the outside world. More recent theories conceive attention as also …

Negative emotion is often hypothesized to trigger a more deliberate processing mode. This
effect can manifest as increased precision of information maintained in working memory …

Visual working memory (VWM) relies on a distributed cortical network. Yet, the extent to
which individual cortical areas, like early visual cortex and intraparietal sulcus, are essential …

Protecting working-memory content from distracting external sensory inputs and intervening
tasks is an ubiquitous demand in daily life. Here, we ask whether and how temporal …

Flexible behavior requires gating mechanisms that encode only task-relevant information in
working memory. Extant literature supports a theoretical division of labor whereby lateral …

Attention allows us to selectively enhance processing of specific locations or features in our
external environment while filtering out irrelevant information. It is currently hypothesized …

Working memory enables the temporary storage of relevant information in the service of
behavior. Neuroimaging studies have suggested that sensory cortex is involved in …

The presence of external observers has been shown to affect performance on cognitive
tasks, but the parameters of this impact for different types of tasks and the underlying neural …