Attention has been regarded as the 'gatekeeper'controlling what information gets selected
into working memory. However, a new perspective has emerged with the discovery of …

A growing body of research shows that older adults, Black women, and other groups often
encounter stigmatization that manifests not as negative prejudice, but as indifference and …

The neuroscientific study of consciousness involves examining candidate markers of
consciousness under conditions where awareness varies. One such method for …

Conventional theories of cognition focus on attention as the primary determinant of working
memory contents. However, here we show that about one third of observers could not report …

We contrast two theoretical positions on the relation between phenomenal and access
consciousness. First, we discuss previous data supporting a mild Overflow position …

Working memory is a limited resource. To further characterize its limitations, it is vital to
understand exactly what is encoded about a visual object beyond the “relevant” features …

The moment we open our eyes, we experience a rich and detailed visual world, but the
amount of information available to report is rather limited. This dissociation relates to a major …

It is well known that information can be held in memory while performing other tasks
concurrently, such as remembering a color or number during a separate visual search task …

How is our strategy for forming memories shaped by experience with a task? Previous work
using surprise questions (ie, unexpected by the participant) has shown a remarkable …

Working memory allows us to hold specific pieces of information in an active and easily
retrieved state, but what happens to that information during an unexpected interruption …