Visual task performance is generally stronger in familiar environments. One reason for this
familiarity benefit is that we learn where to direct our visual attention and effective attentional …

In two studies, we examine how need for cognitive closure (NFC), referring to an individual's
tendency to reduce uncertainty via rigid processing style, relates to the way attentional …

A main prediction from the zoom lens model for visual attention is that performance is an
inverse function of the size of the attended area. The “attention shift paradigm” developed by …

A large portion of the evidence for object-based attention comes from experiments using the
two-rectangle paradigm introduced by Egly, Driver, and Rafal (1994), in which response …

Gain adaptation of saccadic eye movements is the process whereby the size of the saccade
is gradually modified if the target is consistently and surreptitiously displaced during the …

To examine whether visual attention shifts continuously across the visual field, we measured
sensitivity to a small flash presented at various locations while the observer was tracking a …

Under appropriate conditions, a target moving in discrete steps can appear to move
smoothly and continuously even within the portions of the path where no physical stimulus is …

An important issue in attention research concerns the representational format from which
attention selects. SP Vecera and MJ Farah (see record 1994-32352-001) presented results …

When two vertical rods move through a horizontal window in close succession, the Tandem
Effect can be observed. It consists of a spatial illusion (distance between the rods looking …

Several studies have addressed the question of the time it takes for attention to shift from
one position in space to another. Here we present a behavioural paradigm which offers a …