ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences2014
Attention as an effect not a cause.
Review in Trends in cognitive sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.
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67 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Stable readout of visual representations mediates flexible generalization.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Reward expectation yields distinct effects on sensory processing and decision making in the human brain.PLoS biology · 2025Article
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- Dorsal pulvinar inactivation leads to spatial selection bias without perceptual deficit.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Trichotomy revisited: A monolithic theory of attentional control.Vision research · 2024Article
- Differential connectivity of the posterior piriform cortex in Parkinson's disease and postviral olfactory dysfunction: an fMRI study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Dissociable components of attention exhibit distinct neuronal signatures in primate visual cortex.Science advances · 2024Article
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- Contributions of the Basal Ganglia to Visual Perceptual Decisions.Annual review of vision science · 2023Review
- Cognitive Archeology and the Attentional System: An Evolutionary Mismatch for the GenusJournal of Intelligence · 2023Article
- A neural mechanism for terminating decisions.Neuron · 2023Article
- Tracking momentary fluctuations in human attention with a cognitive brain-machine interface.Communications biology · 2022Article
- Neuronal modulation in the mouse superior colliculus during covert visual selective attention.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Neuroscience needs evolution.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Refocusing neuroscience: moving away from mental categories and towards complex behaviours.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Dopamine Modulation ofFrontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Attention is commonly thought to be important for managing the limited resources available in sensory areas of the neocortex. Here we present an alternative view that attention arises as a byproduct of circuits centered on the basal ganglia involved in value-based decision making. The central idea is that decision making depends on properly estimating the current state of the animal and its environment and that the weighted inputs to the currently prevailing estimate give rise to the filter-like properties of attention. After outlining this new framework, we describe findings from physiological, anatomical, computational, and clinical work that support this point of view. We conclude that the brain mechanisms responsible for attention employ a conserved circuit motif that predates the emergence of the neocortex.
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