Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the speed and accuracy of accessing
representations of recently processed information. It documents the types of retrieval …

Publisher Summary Attention is a familiar and ubiquitous psychological construct that is
widely alluded to in various scientific, clinical, and colloquial domains. Attention also …

The right middle fontal gyrus (MFG) has been proposed to be a site of convergence of the
dorsal and ventral attention networks, by serving as a circuit-breaker to interrupt ongoing …

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 …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to determine whether visual
responses to food in the human amygdala and related corticolimbic structures would be …

Contemporary research on the frontal lobes started at 4: 30 PM on September 13, 1848,
when an accidental explosion at a railroad construction site in Cavendish, Vermont hurled …

To investigate medial frontal lobe mediation of human empathy, the authors analyzed the
activation areas in statistical parametric maps of 80 studies reporting neural correlates of …

Cognitive overload or underload results in a decrease in human performance which may
result in fatal incidents while driving. We envision that driver assistive systems which adapt …

Functional abnormalities in muscarinic and nicotinic receptors are associated with a number
of disorders including Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. While the contribution of …

Working memory lies at the core of cognitive function and plays a crucial role in children's
learning, reasoning, problem solving, and intellectual activity. Behavioral findings have …