Attention is a core property of all perceptual and cognitive operations. Given limited capacity
to process competing options, attentional mechanisms select, modulate, and sustain focus …

Visual selective attention is the brain function that modulates ongoing processing of retinal
input in order for selected representations to gain privileged access to perceptual …

Under conditions of rapid serial visual presentation, subjects display a reduced ability to
report the second of two targets (Target2; T2) in a stream of distractors if it appearswithin200 …

Our brain does not process incoming sensory stimuli mechanistically. Instead the current
brain state modulates our reaction to a stimulus. This modulation can be investigated by …

Cognition can unfold with little regard to the events taking place in the environment, and
such self-generated mental activity poses a specific set of challenges for its scientific …

Multitasking is all around us: the office worker interrupted by a phone call, the teenager
texting while driving, the salesperson chatting while entering an order. When multitasking …

A survey of the attention literature reveals the prominence of the attentional blink (AB)—a
deficit in reporting the second of two targets when presented in close temporal succession …

The notion of accessibility of mental representations has been invaluable in explaining and
predicting human thought and action. Focusing on social cognition, we review the large …

To maintain religious standards, individuals must frequently endure aversive or forsake
pleasurable experiences. Yet religious individuals on average display higher levels of …

Explanations for the attentional blink (AB; a deficit in identifying the second of two targets
when presented 200–500ms after the first) have recently shifted from limitations in memory …