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 …

Although humans can voluntarily direct their attention to particular stimuli, attention can at
times be involuntarily allocated to stimuli and such attentional capture can result in …

ABSTRACT A growing body of research indicates that attentional biases toward emotional
stimuli are not automatic, but may depend on the relevance of emotion to the top-down …

Temporary goals modulate attention to threat. We examined whether attentional bias to
angry faces differs depending on whether a temporary background goal is neutral, or threat …

The attention system that allocates resources across competing aspects of the environment
is influenced by biases toward particular types of stimuli, such as cues of threat (eg, angry …

Threat‐related information strongly competes for attentional selection, and can subsequently
be more strongly represented within visual working memory. This is particularly the case for …

Novel distractors are prioritized for attentional selection. When distractors also convey
emotional content, they divert attention from the primary task more than neutral stimuli do. In …

Abstract Representations of known target features (attentional templates) guide attention
toward target objects during visual search. Recent research has shown that templates for …

Threat-related stimuli can capture attention. However, it remains debated whether this
capture is automatic or not. To address this question, we compared attentional biases to …

Irrelevant emotional stimuli often capture attention, disrupting ongoing cognitive processes.
In two experiments, we examined whether availability of rewards (monetary and non …