Working memory load can both improve and impair selective attention: Evidence from the Navon paradigm

Forest before trees: The precedence of global features in visual perception

David Navon · Cognitive Psychology · 1977 · 4K citations

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Load Theory of Selective Attention and Cognitive Control.

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Working-memory capacity and the control of attention: The contributions of goal neglect, response competition, and task set to Stroop interference.

Michael J. Kane, Randall W Engle · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2003 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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The Role of Working Memory in Visual Selective Attention

Jan W. de Fockert, Geraint Rees, Chris Frith et al. · Science · 2001 · 926 citations

Social Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology +17

The order of visual processing: “Top-down,” “bottom-up,” or “middle-out”

R. A. Kinchla, Jeremy M. Wolfe · Perception & Psychophysics · 1979 · 451 citations · Full text

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