Can individuals look for multiple objects at the same time? A simple question, but answering
it has proven difficult. In this review, we describe possible cognitive architectures and their …

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

Goal-directed attentional control supports efficient visual search by prioritizing relevant
stimuli in the environment. Previous research has shown that goal-directed control can be …

The question whether target selection in visual search can be effectively controlled by
simultaneous attentional templates for multiple features is still under dispute. We …

The human brain recurrently prioritizes task-relevant over task-irrelevant visual information.
A central question is whether multiple objects can be prioritized simultaneously. To answer …

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

While searching for a goal-relevant object, an internal representation of the features
necessary to identify the to-be-searched-for object (ie, target) guides attention towards visual …

Visual search is guided by visual working memory representations (ie, attentional templates)
that are activated prior to search and contain target-defining features (eg, color). In the …

In many real-life contexts, observers are required to search for targets that are rarely present
(eg tumours in X-rays; dangerous items in airport security screenings). Despite the rarity of …

One of the key human cognitive capabilities is to extract regularities from the environment to
guide behavior. An attentional set for a target feature can be established through statistical …