Working memory (WM) provides the functional backbone to high-level cognition.
Maintenance in WM is often assumed to depend on the stationary persistence of neural …

The contralateral delay activity (CDA) is a negative slow wave sensitive to the number of
objects maintained in visual working memory (VWM). In recent years, a growing number of …

Highlights•The attentional template encodes information about the target and is held in
working or long-term memory.•The attentional template does not contain a veridical copy of …

Recently, working memory (WM) has been conceptualized as a limited resource, distributed
flexibly and strategically between an unlimited number of representations. In addition to …

Directing visual attention toward a particular feature or location in the environment
suppresses processing of nearby stimuli [1–4]. Echoing the center-surround organization of …

Attention during visual search is thought to be guided by an active visual working memory
(VWM) representation of the search target. We tested the hypothesis that a VWM …

Goal-directed attention is usually studied by providing individuals with explicit instructions
on what they should attend to. But in daily life, we often use past experiences to guide our …

Visual search requires the maintenance of a search template in visual working memory in
order to guide attention towards the target. This raises the question whether a search …

Working memory (WM) describes the temporary storage of task-relevant items and
procedural rules to guide action. Despite its central importance for goal-directed behavior …

For over 50 years, the satisfaction of search effect has been studied within the field of
radiology. Defined as a decrease in detection rates for a subsequent target when an initial …