The last ten years of attention research have witnessed a revolution, replacing a theoretical
dichotomy (top-down vs. bottom-up control) with a trichotomy (biased by current goals …

Theories of attention posit that attentional guidance operates on information held in a target
template within memory. The template is often thought to contain veridical target features …

Visual attention enables us to selectively prioritize or suppress information in the
environment. Prominent models concerned with the control of visual attention differentiate …

Violations of economic rationality principles in choices between three or more options are
critical for understanding the neural and cognitive mechanisms of decision-making. A recent …

As evidenced through classic Pavlovian learning mechanisms, environmental cues can
become incentivized and influence behavior. These stimulus-outcome associations are …

Humans and other animals often violate economic principles when choosing between
multiple alternatives, but the underlying neurocognitive mechanisms remain elusive. A …

Findings from an increasingly large number of studies have been used to argue that
attentional capture can be dependent on the learned value of a stimulus, or value-driven …

Effective decision-making involves multiple steps to reduce a nearly limitless set of available
choices to a final selection. The attention system plays a critical early role in this process by …

People have a strong tendency to attend to reward cues, even if these cues are irrelevant to
their current goal or their current task. When reward cues are goal-irrelevant, their presence …

Highlights•Attention is powerfully affected by our prior experiences.•Reward-related stimuli
continue to capture attention when no longer task-relevant.•Stimuli that previously signaled …