[HTML][HTML] Attention in psychology, neuroscience, and machine learning

GW Lindsay - Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Attention is the important ability to flexibly control limited computational resources. It has
been studied in conjunction with many other topics in neuroscience and psychology …

[HTML][HTML] Noradrenergic and cholinergic systems take centre stage in neuropsychiatric diseases of ageing

IF Orlando, JM Shine, TW Robbins, JB Rowe… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Noradrenergic and cholinergic systems are among the most vulnerable brain systems in
neuropsychiatric diseases of ageing, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease …

Resynthesizing behavior through phylogenetic refinement

P Cisek - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 2019 - Springer
This article proposes that biologically plausible theories of behavior can be constructed by
following a method of “phylogenetic refinement,” whereby they are progressively elaborated …

Neuroscience needs evolution

P Cisek, BY Hayden - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The nervous system is a product of evolution. That is, it was constructed through a long
series of modifications, within the strong constraints of heredity, and continuously subjected …

Ten simple rules to study distractor suppression

M Wöstmann, VS Störmer, J Obleser… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Distractor suppression refers to the ability to filter out distracting and task-irrelevant
information. Distractor suppression is essential for survival and considered a key aspect of …

Tasks and their role in visual neuroscience

K Kay, K Bonnen, RN Denison, MJ Arcaro, DL Barack - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Vision is widely used as a model system to gain insights into how sensory inputs are
processed and interpreted by the brain. Historically, careful quantification and control of …

Illusory essences: A bias holding back theorizing in psychological science

C Brick, B Hood, V Ekroll… - … on Psychological Science, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The reliance in psychology on verbal definitions means that psychological research is
unusually moored to how humans think and communicate about categories. Psychological …

We know what attention is!

W Wu - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Attention is one of the most thoroughly investigated psychological phenomena, yet
skepticism about attention is widespread: we do not know what it is, it is too many things …

Visual temporal attention from perception to computation

RN Denison - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2024 - nature.com
Visual attention unfolds across space and time to prioritize a subset of incoming visual
information. Distinct in key ways from spatial attention, temporal attention is a growing …

Does attention increase the value of choice alternatives?

M Mormann, JE Russo - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2021 - cell.com
A growing recognition of the role of attention in decision-making has been driven by both the
technology of eye tracking and the development of models that explicitly incorporate …