2004
Neural 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 imaging
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
Effects of Phonological Length on the Attentional Blink for Words
Olson I, Chun M, Anderson A. Effects of Phonological Length on the Attentional Blink for Words. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance 2001, 27: 1116-1123. PMID: 11642698, DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.27.5.1116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional blinkPhonological lengthLow-level visual differencesReal-world stimuliWord length effectFirst targetVisual eventsVisual stimuliSecond targetExperiment 1Experiment 2Word lengthMemoryPrevious researchRapid successionVisual differencesBlinkStimuliDeficitsPseudowordsAnagramsWordsDifficultiesPeopleAwarenessTemporal Contextual Cuing of Visual Attention
Olson I, Chun M. Temporal Contextual Cuing of Visual Attention. Journal Of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory And Cognition 2001, 27: 1299-1313. PMID: 11550756, DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.5.1299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual attentionEvent identitySequential structureSpatial attentionContextual cuingVisual eventsEarlier itemsVisual worldTemporal contextTarget locationPrevious researchSpatiotemporal event sequencesEvent sequencesEvent durationAttentionRelative pointCuingIdentityParadigmItemsContextResearchEvents
2000
Neural Correlates of the Attentional Blink
Marois R, Chun M, Gore J. Neural Correlates of the Attentional Blink. Neuron 2000, 28: 299-308. PMID: 11087002, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)00104-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional blinkFunctional magnetic resonance imagingFrontal cortex activationSame neural circuitsAttentional controlDistractor interferenceAttentional capacityNeural correlatesVisual eventsAttended targetParietofrontal networkCortex activationVisual informationVisual fieldNeural circuitsNeighboring targetsBlinkFunctional blindnessSevere impairmentMagnetic resonance imagingResonance imagingCorrelatesImpairmentProcessing
1997
Seeing Two as One: Linking Apparent Motion and Repetition Blindness
Chun M, Cavanagh P. Seeing Two as One: Linking Apparent Motion and Repetition Blindness. Psychological Science 1997, 8: 74-79. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00686.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchApparent motion streamRepetition blindnessObject tokensApparent motionMotion streamMemory retrieval accountUnrepeated itemsRetrieval accountVisual eventsComputer screenVisual phenomenaVisual representationMultiple tokensAlphanumeric charactersTokensItemsPresent studyMultiple instancesOpposite directionFunctional linkRepresentationObjectsViewersDisplayAbility