In visual search tasks, observers look for targets among distractors. In the lab, this often
takes the form of multiple searches for a simple shape that may or may not be present …

The nature of the relationship between spatial attention and eye movements has been the
subject of intense debate for more than 40 years. Two ideas have dominated this debate …

It is well known that salient yet task irrelevant stimuli may capture our eyes independent of
our goals and intentions. The present study shows that a task-irrelevant stimulus that is …

The present study investigated whether counter-regulation in affective processing is
triggered by emotions. Automatic attention allocation to valent stimuli was measured in the …

The premotor theory of attention postulates that spatial attention arises from the activation of
saccade areas and that the deployment of attention is the consequence of motor …

The neural mechanisms that willfully direct attention to specific locations in space are closely
related to those for generating targeting eye movements (saccades). However, the degree to …

Several studies have shown that threatening stimuli are prioritized by the visual system. In
the present study we investigated whether a stimulus associated with a threat of electrical …

There is little consensus regarding the specific processes responsible for encoding,
maintenance, and retrieval of information in visuo-spatial working memory (VSWM). One …

The relationship between covert shift of attention and the oculomotor system has been the
subject of numerous studies. A widely held view, known as Premotor Theory, is that covert …

During natural vision, saccadic eye movements lead to frequent retinal image changes that
result in different neuronal subpopulations representing the same visual feature across …