Although researchers have been recording the human electroencephalogram (EEG) for
almost a century, we still do not completely understand what cognitive processes are …

Attentional control over sensory processing has been linked to neural alpha oscillations and
related inhibition of cerebral cortex. Despite the wide consensus on the functional relevance …

A prominent theoretical framework spanning philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience
holds that selective attention penetrates early stages of perceptual processing to alter the …

Adaptive behavior requires the ability to orient attention to the moment in time at which a
relevant event is likely to occur. Temporal orienting of attention has been consistently …

Adaptive behaviors require the ability to resolve conflicting information caused by the
processing of incompatible sensory inputs. Prominent theories of attention have posited that …

Implementing novel instructions is a complex and uniquely human cognitive ability, which
requires the rapid and flexible conversion of symbolic content into a format that enables the …

The visual system represents objects in a lateralized manner, with contralateral cortical
hemispheres responsible for left and right visual hemifields. This organization extends to …

Visual crowding can be reduced when attention is directed to the target by peripheral cues.
However, it is unclear whether central cues relieve visual crowding to the same extent as …

Working memory (WM) is a capacity-and duration-limited system that forms a temporal
bridge between fleeting sensory phenomena and possible actions. But how are the contents …

We explore the world by constantly shifting our focus of attention toward salient stimuli and
then disengaging from them in search of new ones. The alpha rhythm (8–13 Hz) has been …