@article{ref1,
title="Distracted and confused?: selective attention under load",
journal="Trends in cognitive sciences",
year="2005",
author="Lavie, Nilli",
volume="9",
number="2",
pages="75-82",
abstract="The ability to remain focused on goal-relevant stimuli in the presence of potentially interfering distractors is crucial for any coherent cognitive function. However, simply instructing people to ignore goal-irrelevant stimuli is not sufficient for preventing their processing. Recent research reveals that distractor processing depends critically on the level and type of load involved in the processing of goal-relevant information. Whereas high perceptual load can eliminate distractor processing, high load on &quot;frontal&quot; cognitive control processes increases distractor processing. These findings provide a resolution to the long-standing early and late selection debate within a load theory of attention that accommodates behavioural and neuroimaging data within a framework that integrates attention research with executive function.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1364-6613",
doi="10.1016/j.tics.2004.12.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2004.12.004"
}