An integrated theory of attention and decision making in visual signal detection.

PL Smith, R Ratcliff - Psychological review, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract [Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 116 (4) of
Psychological Review (see record 2009-18254-001). There is an error on p. 284 in the right …

Reverse hierarchies and sensory learning

M Ahissar, M Nahum, I Nelken… - … Transactions of the …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Revealing the relationships between perceptual representations in the brain and
mechanisms of adult perceptual learning is of great importance, potentially leading to …

Speech‐perception‐in‐noise deficits in dyslexia

JC Ziegler, C Pech‐Georgel, F George… - Developmental …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Speech perception deficits in developmental dyslexia were investigated in quiet and various
noise conditions. Dyslexics exhibited clear speech perception deficits in noise but not in …

[HTML][HTML] Attention trades off spatial acuity

B Montagna, F Pestilli, M Carrasco - Vision research, 2009 - Elsevier
Covertly attending to a stimulus location increases spatial acuity. Is such increased spatial
acuity coupled with a decreased acuity at unattended locations? We measured the effects of …

Working-memory capacity predicts the executive control of visual search among distractors: The influences of sustained and selective attention

BJ Poole, MJ Kane - Quarterly Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Variation in working-memory capacity (WMC) predicts individual differences in only some
attention-control capabilities. Whereas higher WMC subjects outperform lower WMC …

The effect of non-visual working memory load on top-down modulation of visual processing

J Rissman, A Gazzaley, M D'Esposito - Neuropsychologia, 2009 - Elsevier
While a core function of the working memory (WM) system is the active maintenance of
behaviorally relevant sensory representations, it is also critical that distracting stimuli are …

Additive effects of attention and stimulus contrast in primary visual cortex

A Thiele, A Pooresmaeili, LS Delicato… - Cerebral …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Previous studies have proposed a variety of mechanisms by which attention influences
neuronal activity. Here we investigated the mechanisms of attention in the striate cortex of …

Attention–oscillations and neuropharmacology

G Deco, A Thiele - European journal of neuroscience, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Attention is a rich psychological and neurobiological construct that influences almost all
aspects of cognitive behaviour. It enables enhanced processing of behaviourally relevant …

The center-surround profile of the focus of attention arises from recurrent processing in visual cortex

CN Boehler, JK Tsotsos, MA Schoenfeld… - Cerebral …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
We recently demonstrated with magnetoencephalographic recordings in human observers
that the focus of attention in visual search has a spatial profile consisting of a center …

[HTML][HTML] Attention during sequences of saccades along marked and memorized paths

TM Gersch, E Kowler, BS Schnitzer, BA Dosher - Vision research, 2009 - Elsevier
Natural scenes are explored by combinations of saccadic eye movements and shifts of
attention. The mechanisms that coordinate attention and saccades during ordinary viewing …