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 …

Cognitive control covers a broad range of cognitive functions, but its research and theories
typically remain tied to a single domain. Here we outline and review an associative learning …

In order to efficiently process incoming visual information, selective attention acts as a filter
that enhances relevant and suppresses irrelevant information. In this study, we used an …

Highlights•Associative reward learning biases attention in favor of reward-predictive
stimuli.•Reward-evoked dopamine release gives rise to plasticity in the visual system.•Such …

Goal-directed and stimulus-driven factors determine attentional priority through a well
defined dorsal frontal-parietal and ventral temporal-parietal network of brain regions …

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

It is well known that eye movement patterns are influenced by both goal-and salience-driven
factors. Recent studies, however, have demonstrated that objects that are nonsalient and …