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Memory failure predicted by attention lapsing and media multitasking
Lapses in attention before remembering partially account for why we remember or forget in the moment, why some individuals remember better than others, and why heavier media multitasking is related to worse memory.
- Kevin P. Madore
- , Anna M. Khazenzon
- & Anthony D. Wagner
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Thalamic amplification of cortical connectivity sustains attentional control
The mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus amplifies the functional connectivity of the prefrontal cortex, thereby sustaining cortical representations of rule sets without relaying categorical information.
- L. Ian Schmitt
- , Ralf D. Wimmer
- & Michael M. Halassa
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Attention is more than meets the eye
Our brains focus on important events and filter out distracting ones. An investigation in monkeys reveals a surprising dissociation between the neuronal and behavioural manifestations of attention. See Letter p.434
- Alexandra Smolyanskaya
- & Richard T. Born
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Attention deficits without cortical neuronal deficits
Transient inactivation of the superior colliculus in primates during a motion-change-detection task is shown to lead to large deficits in visual attention while the enhanced response of neurons in the visual cortex to attended stimuli remains unchanged; this shows that processes independent of those occurring in the visual cortex have key roles in visual attention.
- Alexandre Zénon
- & Richard J. Krauzlis
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Research Highlights |
Poor attention linked to dyslexia
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Video-game studies have serious flaws
Poor design of experiments undermines idea that action games bring cognitive benefit.
- Mo Costandi
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Research Highlights |
Cognitive neuroscience: Attention please!
Differential mechanisms underlie trace and delay conditioning in Drosophila