The past decade has seen a surge of research examining mind-wandering, but most of this
research has not considered the potential importance of distinguishing between intentional …

This review focuses on covert attention and how it alters early vision. I explain why attention
is considered a selective process, the constructs of covert attention, spatial endogenous and …

Based on attention restoration theory we proposed that micro-breaks spent viewing a city
scene with a flowering meadow green roof would boost sustained attention. Sustained …

Staying attentive is challenging enough when carrying out everyday tasks, such as reading
or sitting through a lecture, and failures to do so can be frustrating and inconvenient …

As indicated by the profound cognitive impairments caused by cholinergic receptor
antagonists, cholinergic neurotransmission has a vital role in cognitive function, specifically …

Spontaneous mimicry appears fundamental to emotional perception and contagion,
especially when it involves facial emotional expressions. Here we cover recent evidence on …

The ability to focus one's attention underlies success in many everyday tasks, but voluntary
attention cannot be sustained for extended periods of time. In the laboratory, sustained …

Despite growing recognition that attention fluctuates from moment-to-moment during
sustained performance, prevailing analysis strategies involve averaging data across …

A neurobiological account of cognitive vulnerability for recurrent depression is presented
based on recent developments of resting state neural networks. We propose that alterations …

We newly propose that the vigilance decrement occurs because the cognitive control system
fails to maintain active the goal of the vigilance task over prolonged periods of time (goal …