This paper addresses perceptual synthesis by comparing responses evoked by visual
stimuli before and after they are recognized, depending on prior exposure. Using …

The lateral intraparietal area (LIP), a portion of monkey posterior parietal cortex, has been
implicated in spatial attention. We review recent evidence from our laboratory showing that …

When searching for an object, we usually avoid items that are visually different from the
target and objects or places that have been searched already. Previous studies have shown …

We examined whether the selection mechanisms committed to the suppression of ignored
stimuli can be modified by experience to produce a sustained, rather than transient, change …

Neural Mechanisms for the Executive Control of Attention | The Oxford Handbook of Attention |
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The ability to detect and identify targets in cluttered scenes is a critical skill for survival and
interactions. To solve this challenge the brain has optimized mechanisms for capitalizing on …

The segregation of figure from ground is arguably one of the most fundamental operations in
human vision. Neural signals reflecting this operation appear in cortex as early as 50 ms …

Scanning eye movements are guided by both exogenous and endogenous factors relating
to the inherent physical properties and behavioral relevance of objects within a visual scene …

We often look at and sometimes reach for visible targets. Looking at a target is fast and
relatively easy. By comparison, reaching for an object is slower and is associated with a …

How do we find what we are looking for? A target can be in plain view, but it may be
detected only after extensive search. During a search we make directed attentional …