Recent studies have revealed a strong relationship between visual working memory and
selective attention, such that attention is biased by what is currently on our mind. However …

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 …

Applied Attention Theory, Second Edition provides details concerning the relevance of all
aspects of attention to the world beyond the laboratory. Topic application areas include the …

When people look for things in the environment, they use target templates—mental
representations of the objects they are attempting to locate—to guide attention and to assess …

The way the cognitive system scans the visual environment for relevant information–visual
search in short–has been a long-standing central topic in vision science. From its inception …

Visual search studies typically assume the availability of precise target information to guide
search, often a picture of the exact target. However, search targets in the real world are often …

In visual search, rare targets are missed disproportionately often. This low-prevalence effect
(LPE) is a robust problem with demonstrable societal consequences. What is the source of …

The successful detection of a target in a radiological search can reduce the detectability of a
second target, a phenomenon termed satisfaction of search (SOS). Given the potential …

Visual search (eg, finding a specific object in an array of other objects) is performed most
effectively when people are able to ignore distracting nontargets. In repeated search …

Some visual searches depend upon accuracy (eg, radiology, airport security screening), and
it is important for both theoretical and applied reasons to understand what factors best …