Recently, working memory (WM) has been conceptualized as a limited resource, distributed
flexibly and strategically between an unlimited number of representations. In addition to …

There is a growing body of research demonstrating that the capture of attention by a single
salient distractor can be prevented via proactive suppression. In real-world contexts, there …

Voluntary attentional selection requires the match of sensory input to a stored representation
of the target features. We compared the precision of attentional selection to the precision of …

During visual search for objects (eg, an apple), the surrounding distractor objects may share
perceptual (tennis ball), categorical (banana), or both (peach) properties with the target …

Attentional templates are representations of target features in working memory (WM).
Although two attentional templates can guide visual search in dual-target search, search …

In visual search, the internal representation of the target feature is referred to as the
attentional template. The attentional template can be broad or precise depending on the task …

When observers must identify targets among distractors in a rapid serial visual presentation
(RSVP) stream, distractor intrusion errors are frequent, demonstrating the difficulty of …

When observers search for an object in the environment, they compare the incoming
sensory information to the attentional template, a representation of the target in visual …

Previous studies have found that distractors can affect visual search efficiency when
associated with the target in a single-target search. However, multitarget searches are …

Research and theories on visual search often focus on visual guidance to explain
differences in search. Guidance is the tuning of attention to target features and facilitates …