Dr. Janata's research into music and memory featured in Wall Street Journal Online
Weiwei Zhang and Steven Luck (2009)
Feature-based attention modulates feedforward visual processing
Nature Neuroscience 12(1):24-25.
It is widely believed that attention selects locations at an earlier stage than it selects nonspatial
features, but this has been tested under conditions of minimal competition. Here we show that,
when competition is increased, color-based attention can influence the feedforward flow of
information in humans within 100 ms of stimulus onset, even for stimuli presented at unattended
locations. Thus, color-based attention can operate as early as, and independently from, spatial
attention.
Link to PubMed entry
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