2022
Differences in the functional brain architecture of sustained attention and working memory in youth and adults
Kardan O, Stier A, Cardenas-Iniguez C, Schertz K, Pruin J, Deng Y, Chamberlain T, Meredith W, Zhang X, Bowman J, Lakhtakia T, Tindel L, Avery E, Lin Q, Yoo K, Chun M, Berman M, Rosenberg M. Differences in the functional brain architecture of sustained attention and working memory in youth and adults. PLOS Biology 2022, 20: e3001938. PMID: 36542658, PMCID: PMC9815648, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001938.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAttentionBrainBrain MappingChildHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMemory, Short-TermConceptsSustained attentionFunctional brain architectureWM performanceIndividual differencesFunctional connectivityBrain architectureLater recognition memoryRecognition memoryWM modelBrain networksWMMemoryYouthAge groupsFunctional connectionsAdultsChildrenNetwork predictorAttentionPerformancePredictorsDifferencesConnectivityAbilityFunctional connectome stability and optimality are markers of cognitive performance
Corriveau A, Yoo K, Kwon Y, Chun M, Rosenberg M. Functional connectome stability and optimality are markers of cognitive performance. Cerebral Cortex 2022, 33: 5025-5041. PMID: 36408606, PMCID: PMC10110430, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac396.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttentionBrainCognitionConnectomeHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMemory, Short-TermNerve NetConceptsFunctional connectivityAspects of attentionConnectivity patternsFunctional connectivity patternsAttentional abilitiesMemory taskCognitive tasksIndividual differencesCognitive performanceInitial evidenceCognitionIndependent samplesTaskFunctional connectionsConnectomeIndividualsConnectivityAttentionDistinctive patternsOptimal patternAbilityPrevious workPatterns
2015
A neuromarker of sustained attention from whole-brain functional connectivity
Rosenberg MD, Finn ES, Scheinost D, Papademetris X, Shen X, Constable RT, Chun MM. A neuromarker of sustained attention from whole-brain functional connectivity. Nature Neuroscience 2015, 19: 165-171. PMID: 26595653, PMCID: PMC4696892, DOI: 10.1038/nn.4179.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Memory: Enduring Traces of Perceptual and Reflective Attention
Chun MM, Johnson MK. Memory: Enduring Traces of Perceptual and Reflective Attention. Neuron 2011, 72: 520-535. PMID: 22099456, PMCID: PMC3248396, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.10.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAttentionHumansMemoryMemory, EpisodicPerceptionPhotic StimulationVisual PerceptionConceptsReflective attentionInternal mental representationsCognitive neuroscienceEpisodic memoryMental representationsCognitive activityRepresentational areaMemoryControl processReflective informationExternal informationPerceptionImportant unresolved issuesCommon areasAttentionNeuroscienceFundamental typesSeparate topicsUnresolved issuesKey questionsRepresentationFindingsInformationBroad rangeExtentA Taxonomy of External and Internal Attention
Chun MM, Golomb JD, Turk-Browne NB. A Taxonomy of External and Internal Attention. Annual Review Of Psychology 2011, 62: 73-101. PMID: 19575619, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternal attentionExternal attentionModality-specific inputLong-term memoryTarget of attentionPerceptual attentionAttentional mechanismsCognitive operationsTask rulesSustain focusNeural mechanismsSensory informationType of informationMemoryOrganizing frameworkClassic debateAttentionBroader levelLimited capacityCore propertiesInformationSignificant problemRepresentationTaxonomyExternal
2006
Visual Quality Determines the Direction of Neural Repetition Effects
Turk-Browne N, Yi DJ, Leber, Chun M. Visual Quality Determines the Direction of Neural Repetition Effects. Cerebral Cortex 2006, 17: 425-433. PMID: 16565294, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentral visual areasRepetition effectsVisual areasNovel stimuliMagnetic resonance imaging studyBlood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) responseFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studyResonance imaging studySame brain regionsNeural repetition effectsGreater BOLD responseLevel-dependent responsesRepetition attenuationBrain regionsImaging studiesPerceptual representationsRepetition enhancementLow-contrast scenesBehavioral performanceNeurophysiological studiesDegraded inputBOLD responseLow responseVisual thresholdExact opposite effect
2005
Visual Attention in Deaf and Normal Hearing AdultsEffects of Stimulus Compatibility
Sladen D, Tharpe A, Ashmead D, Grantham D, Chun M. Visual Attention in Deaf and Normal Hearing AdultsEffects of Stimulus Compatibility. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2005, 48: 1529-1537. PMID: 16478388, DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/106).Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeaf groupHearing groupVisual perceptual skillsGreater interference effectEriksen flanker taskNormal-hearing adultsReaction timeStimulus compatibilityPerceptual skillsFlanker taskVisual attentionTarget letterDissimilar lettersHearing adultsMore errorsDeaf participantsDeaf individualsNormal hearingComputer screenParafoveal eccentricitiesInterference effectsVisual resourcesParticipantsTaskFlankersDelayed Attentional Engagement in the Attentional Blink
Nieuwenstein M, Chun M, van der Lubbe R, Hooge I. Delayed Attentional Engagement in the Attentional Blink. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 2005, 31: 1463-1475. PMID: 16366802, DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.31.6.1463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResponse-specific sources of dual-task interference in human pre-motor cortex
Marois R, Larson J, Chun M, Shima D. Response-specific sources of dual-task interference in human pre-motor cortex. Psychological Research 2005, 70: 436-447. PMID: 16283409, DOI: 10.1007/s00426-005-0022-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAttentionBrain MappingColor PerceptionDominance, CerebralFemaleFrontal LobeFunctional LateralityHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMotor CortexNerve NetOxygenParietal LobePattern Recognition, VisualPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeRefractory Period, PsychologicalConceptsPsychological refractory periodPre-motor cortexResponse selectionBrain activityDual-task manipulationsDual-task situationsDual-task interferenceDual-task costsInferior frontal cortexParieto-frontal areasDual-task conditionsDorsal pre-motor cortexFMRI brain activityDistinct motor responsesNeural locusSecond stimulusPerceptual visibilityMotor responseBrain regionsStimuliFrontal cortexCentral limitationRapid successionCortexSuch performance limitationsConcurrent working memory load can reduce distraction
Kim S, Kim M, Chun M. Concurrent working memory load can reduce distraction. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2005, 102: 16524-16529. PMID: 16258067, PMCID: PMC1283430, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0505454102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConcurrent WM loadWM loadExecutive controlDistractor processingStroop taskStroop interferenceDifferent Stroop tasksContents of WMAttentional selectionMemory loadDissociable componentsExperiment 3Target taskType of informationTaskWMInformation overlapProcessingMemoryPeopleDistractionPerceptionDifferent effectsItemsDifficultiesAttentional rubbernecking: Cognitive control and personality in emotion-induced blindness
Most S, Chun M, Widders D, Zald D. Attentional rubbernecking: Cognitive control and personality in emotion-induced blindness. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2005, 12: 654-661. PMID: 16447378, DOI: 10.3758/bf03196754.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional biasesEmotional stimuliNeutral picturesHarm avoidanceRapid serial visual presentationEmotion-induced blindnessSerial visual presentationCognitive controlEmotional informationAttentional strategiesNegative picturesTarget processingVisual presentationExperiment 1Experiment 2Greater deficitsStimuliTemporary inabilityParticipantsShort lagAvoidanceBiasesProcessingPotential costsPersonalityAttentional Modulation of Learning-Related Repetition Attenuation Effects in Human Parahippocampal Cortex
Yi D, Chun M. Attentional Modulation of Learning-Related Repetition Attenuation Effects in Human Parahippocampal Cortex. Journal Of Neuroscience 2005, 25: 3593-3600. PMID: 15814790, PMCID: PMC6725381, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4677-04.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingVisual informationNeural activityHuman parahippocampal cortexLearning-related changesParahippocampal place areaImportant issue concernsRepetition attenuationPerceptual processingPerceptual stimuliAttentional modulationPerceptual inputInitial encodingPerceptual experienceRepetition suppressionTask demandsMemory tracesPlace areaNovel stimuliAdaptation effectsParahippocampal cortexNeural circuitryBiological visionVisual systemAdaptive balance
2004
A Common Parieto-Frontal Network Is Recruited Under Both Low Visibility and High Perceptual Interference Conditions
Marois R, Chun M, Gore J. A Common Parieto-Frontal Network Is Recruited Under Both Low Visibility and High Perceptual Interference Conditions. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2004, 92: 2985-2992. PMID: 15486425, DOI: 10.1152/jn.01061.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParieto-frontal networkTarget letterPerceptual visibilityEvent-related fMRI experimentLetter identification taskSame neural mechanismsInterference conditionsPerceptual interferencePerceptual manipulationsVisual attentionNeural mechanismsIdentification taskFMRI experimentThreshold itemsFrontal cortexLuminance contrastDistractorsChallenging conditionsAttentionTaskCortexItemsLetterNeural fate of ignored stimuli: dissociable effects of perceptual and working memory load
Yi D, Woodman G, Widders D, Marois R, Chun M. Neural fate of ignored stimuli: dissociable effects of perceptual and working memory load. Nature Neuroscience 2004, 7: 992-996. PMID: 15286791, DOI: 10.1038/nn1294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMemory loadDissociable effectsHuman ventral visual cortexVentral visual cortexCategory-selective areasTypes of tasksUnattended stimuliPerceptual difficultiesVisual eventsNeural processingBackground stimuliParahippocampal cortexVisual informationNumber of objectsTarget taskVisual cortexBackground sceneStimuliSubject engagesFunctional blindnessTaskCortexProcessingMagnetic resonance imagingThe Neural Fate of Consciously Perceived and Missed Events in the Attentional Blink
Marois R, Yi D, Chun M. The Neural Fate of Consciously Perceived and Missed Events in the Attentional Blink. Neuron 2004, 41: 465-472. PMID: 14766184, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(04)00012-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParahippocampal place areaMedial temporal cortexConscious reportTemporal cortexAttentional blink paradigmStages of visionCapacity-limited stageHigh-level scene representationsFrontal cortexAttentional bottleneckAttentional blinkAttention proposeCognitive modelFace targetsPPA activationVisual processingVisual perceptionPlace areaVisual worldRapid categorizationVisual inputScene targetsScene representationInitial categorizationCortex
2003
Inhibition of return to occluded objects
Yi D, Kim M, Chun M. Inhibition of return to occluded objects. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 2003, 65: 1222-1230. PMID: 14710957, DOI: 10.3758/bf03194847.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplicit, Long-Term Spatial Contextual Memory
Chun M, Jiang Y. Implicit, Long-Term Spatial Contextual Memory. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory And Cognition 2003, 29: 224-234. PMID: 12696811, DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.2.224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContextual cuingMemory tracesMedial temporal lobe systemSpatial contextual memoryTemporal lobe systemNovel spatial configurationsSpatial contextConscious retrievalConscious memoryImplicit processesNeural substratesVisual searchRecognition testContextual memoryVisual contextExplicit instructionLearning taskExperiment 3Lobe systemExperiment 1Experiment 2Contextual learningCuingMemoryLearningEffects of scene inversion on change detection of targets matched for visual salience
Kelley T, Chun M, Chua K. Effects of scene inversion on change detection of targets matched for visual salience. Journal Of Vision 2003, 3: 1-1. PMID: 12678620, DOI: 10.1167/3.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
The dark side of visual attention
Chun M, Marois R. The dark side of visual attention. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2002, 12: 184-189. PMID: 12015235, DOI: 10.1016/s0959-4388(02)00309-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual attentionNon-visual factorsDark sideAttentional deploymentEmotional salienceNeural correlatesVisual eventsNeural processingVisual processingUnattended eventsNeural mechanismsFocal processingNumber of objectsBehavioral setsBright sidePast experienceFunctional blindnessProcessingAttentionSalienceLimited capacityRecent workCorrelatesExperienceObjects
2001
Selective attention modulates implicit learning
Jiang Y, Chun M. Selective attention modulates implicit learning. The Quarterly Journal Of Experimental Psychology Section A 2001, 54: 1105-1124. PMID: 11765735, DOI: 10.1080/713756001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research