The present paper argues for the notion that when attention is spread across the visual field
in the first sweep of information through the brain visual selection is completely stimulus …

Survival can depend on the ability to change a current course of action to respond to
potentially advantageous or threatening stimuli. This" reorienting" response involves the …

For over 25 years, researchers have debated whether physically salient stimuli capture
attention in an automatic manner, independent of the observer's goals, or whether the …

Attention capture is often operationally defined as speeded search performance when an
otherwise nonpredictive stimulus happens to be the target of a visual search. That is, if a …

In 7 experiments, the authors explored whether visual attention (the ability to select relevant
visual information) and visual working memory (the ability to retain relevant visual …

▪ Abstract Recent progress in the study of attention and performance is discussed, focusing
on the nature of attentional control and the effects of practice. Generally speaking, the effects …

Although we intuitively believe that salient or distinctive objects will capture our attention,
surprisingly often they do not. For example, drivers may fail to notice another car when trying …

The visual brain quickly sorted stimuli for emotional impact despite high-speed presentation
(3 or 5 per s) in a sustained, serial torrent of 700 complex pictures. Event-related potentials …

Although visual motion may seem salient, motion per se does not automatically attract
attention. We show here, however, that the onset of motion does indeed attract attention. In …

Objectives. Recent cognitive theories propose that attentional biases cause or maintain
anxiety disorders. This study had several aims:(i) to investigate such biases in generalized …