BackgroundAberrant reward functioning is implicated in depression. While attention
precedes behavior and guides higher-order cognitive processes, reward learning from an …

Recent evidence suggests the focus of attention (FoA) is a flexible resource within working
memory (WM) used to temporarily maintain some information in a highly accessible state …

Multiple types of memory guide attention: Both long-term memory (LTM) and working
memory (WM) effectively guide visual search. Furthermore, both types of memories can …

When stimuli are consistently paired with reward, attention toward these stimuli becomes
biased (eg, Abrahamse, Braem, Notebaert & Verguts, et al., Psychological Bulletin 142: 693 …

Even though there is ample evidence that planning future actions plays a role in attentional
processing (eg, Downing Visual Cognition 11: 689–703, 2000; Soto et al., Trends in …

For some real-world color searches, the target colors are not precisely known, and any item
within a range of color values should be attended. Thus, a target representation that …

Searching for two targets produces a dual-target cost compared with single-target search,
with reduced attentional guidance toward targets (Stroud, Menneer, Cave, & Donnelly …

Attention, the cognitive means by which we prioritize the processing of a subset of
information, is necessary for operating efficiently and effectively in the world. Thus, a critical …

We continually draw on, and link, conceptual knowledge with perception as we process and
interact with our surroundings. This chapter highlights issues at the intersection of …

All of us are taxed with juggling our inner mental lives with immediate external task
demands. For many years, the temporary maintenance of internal information was …