Publications on frontal control 

of attention

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Lavie, N. (2005) Distracted and confused?: selective attention under load. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 75-82 pdf

Lavie, N. & Defockert, J. W. (2005) The role of working memory in attentional capture Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (in press) pdf

Lavie, N. & De Fockert, J. (2005) Frontal Control of Attentional Capture in Visual Search. Visual Cognition (in press)

Lavie, N., Hirst, A., De Fockert, J. W. & Viding, E. (2004) Load theory of selective attention and cognitive control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133, 339-354. pdf

De Fockert J. W., Rees, G., Frith, C. D. & Lavie, N. (2004). Neural correlates of attentional capture in visual search. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16, 751-759. pdf

De Fockert J. W., Rees, G., Frith, C. D. & Lavie, N. (2001). The role of working memory in visual selective attention. Science, 291 (5509), 1803-1806. pdf

Lavie, N. (2000). Selective attention and cognitive control: dissociating attentional functions through different types of load. In S. Monsell & J. Driver (Eds.). Attention and performance XVIII, pp. 175-194. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT press.