Abstract This paper describes Guided Search 6.0 (GS6), a revised model of visual search.
When we encounter a scene, we can see something everywhere. However, we cannot …

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 …

Visual attention enables us to selectively prioritize or suppress information in the
environment. Prominent models concerned with the control of visual attention differentiate …

There is growing consensus that reward plays an important role in the control of attention.
Until recently, reward was thought to influence attention indirectly by modulating task …

This article presents a comprehensive survey of research concerning interactions between
associative learning and attention in humans. Four main findings are described. First …

Modification of spatial attention via reinforcement learning requires the integration of reward,
attention, and executive processes. Corticostriatal pathways are an ideal neural substrate for …

These findings have implications for understanding and assessing affective biases in
perception and attention in patients with psychiatric disorders, such as phobias, depression …

Attention is automatically drawn to stimulus features previously associated with reward, a
phenomenon referred to as value-driven attentional capture. To date, value-driven …

Background The phenotype of addiction includes prominent attentional biases for drug cues,
which play a role in motivating drug-seeking behavior and contribute to relapse. In a …

Visual processing is influenced by stimulus-driven and goal-driven factors. Recent interest
has centred on understanding how reward might provide additional contributions to visual …