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 …

What has emotion got to do with attention? Why does the interface between these two
warrant additional empirical and theoretical consideration? The answer lies in the many …

Emotional arousal enhances perception and memory of high-priority information but impairs
processing of other information. Here, we propose that, under arousal, local glutamate levels …

Prominent cognitive theories postulate that an attentional bias toward threatening
information contributes to the etiology, maintenance, or exacerbation of fear and anxiety. In …

Time is a universal psychological dimension, but time perception has often been studied
and discussed in relative isolation. Increasingly, researchers are searching for unifying …

Focusing primarily on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), this article reviews
evidence regarding the roles of subregions of the medial temporal lobes, prefrontal cortex …

Flexible behavior depends on our ability to cope with distracting stimuli that can interfere
with the attainment of goals. Emotional distracters can be particularly disruptive to goal …

Under conditions of rapid serial visual presentation, subjects display a reduced ability to
report the second of two targets (Target2; T2) in a stream of distractors if it appearswithin200 …

A Practical Resource for Understanding, Preventing, and Managing Driver Distraction It is
estimated that up to 23 percent of crashes and near-crashes are caused by driver …

Psychological research increasingly indicates that emotional processes interact with other
aspects of cognition. Studies have demonstrated both the ability of emotional stimuli to …