During the last three decades, there have been enormous advances in our understanding of the neural mechanisms of selective attention at the network as well as the cellular level. The Oxford Handbook of Attention brings together the different research areas that constitute contemporary attention research into one comprehensive and authoritative volume. In 40 chapters, it covers the most important aspects of attention research from the areas of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, human and animal neuroscience, computational modelling, and philosophy.
The book is divided into 4 main sections. Following an introduction from Michael Posner, the books starts by looking at theoretical models of attention. The next two sections are dedicated to spatial attention and non-spatial attention respectively. Within section 4, the authors consider the interactions between attention and other psychological domains. The last two sections focus on attention-related disorders, and finally, on computational models of attention. Aimed at both scholars and students, the Oxford Handbook of Attention provides a concise and state-of-the-art review of the current literature in this field.
Part A: Introduction 1: Michael Posner: Current landscape and historical context Part B: Theoretical Models of Attention 2: Jeremy Wolfe: Feature integration and guided search 3: Polly Dalton and Nilli Lavie: Perceptual/Executive load theory 4: Sabine Kastner and John Serences: A multi-level account of selective attention 5: Marsel Mesulam and Professor Anna Christina Nobre: Large-scale network model of control 6: Mark Stokes and John Duncan: Multiple-demand network and adaptive coding Part C: Spatial Attention 7: Marisa Carrasco: Spatial covert attention: Perceptual Modulation 8: Jan Theeuwes: Spatial orienting and attentional capture 9: Diane Beck and Sabine Kastner: Neural systems of spatial attention (fMRI) 10: Martin Eimer: The time course of spatial attention: Insights from event-related brain potentials 11: Marlene Cohen and John Maunsell: Neuronal Mechanisms of Spatial Attention in Visual Cerebral Cortex 12: Jacqueline Gottlieb: Cellular mechanisms of attentional control: Frontal 13: Kelsey L. Clark, Behrad Noudoost, and Robert J. Schafer and Professor Tirin Moore: Neuronal mechanisms of attentional control: Frontal cortex 14: Yuri B. Saalmann and Sabine Kastner: Neural mechanisms of Spatial Attention in the Visual Thalamus 15: Richard J. Krauzlis: Attentional Functions of the Superior Colliculus 16: Charles Spence: Orienting attention: a crossmodal perspective 17: Charles E. Schroeder, Jose L. Herrero and Saskia Haegens: Neuronal Dynamics and the Mechanistic Bases of Selective Attention 18: Trevor Robbins: The neuropharmacology of attention 19: Michael Posner: Developing attention and self-regulation in childhood Part D: Non-spatial Attention 20: Miranda Scolari, Edward F. Ester, and John Serences: Feature- and object-based attentional modulation in the human visual system 21: Stefan Treue: Object- and feature-based attention: monkey physiology 22: Kimron Shapiro and Simon Hanslmayr: The Role of Brain Oscillations In The Temporal Limits of Attention 23: Patrick Cavanagh, Lorella Battelli, and Alex O. Holcombe: Dynamic Attention 24: Anna Christina Nobre: Temporal orienting Part E: Interactions between Attention and Other Psychological Domains 25: Luiz Pessoa: Attention, Motivation, and Emotion 26: Attention and executive functions 27: Earl K. Miller and Timothy J. Buschman: Neural mechanisms for the executive control of attention 28: Brice A. Kuhl and Marvin M. Chun: Memory and Attention 29: Christopher Summerfield and Tobias Egner: Attention and decision-making 30: Heiner Deubel: Attention and action Part F: Attention-related Disorders 31: Geraint Rees: Attention and awareness 32: Theodore P. Zanto & Adam Gazzaley: Attention and Aging 33: Guiseppe Vallar: Unilateral Spatial Neglect 34: Sanjay Manohar, Valerie Bonnelle and Masud Husain: Neurological disorders of attention 35: Lynn C. Robertson: Balint's syndrome and the Study of Attention 36: Ian H. Robertson and Redmond G O'Connell: Rehabilitation of Attention Functions Part G: Computational Models 37: Claus Bundesen and Thomas Habekost: Theory of visual attention 38: Laurent Itti and Ali Borji: Bottom up and contextual effects 39: Angela Yu: Bayesian models Part H: Conclusions 40: Anna Christina Nobre and Sabine Kastner: Attention: Time Capsule 2013
Anna Christina (Kia) Nobre is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, where she directs the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity and heads the Brain & Cognition Laboratory. She is Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University. Nobre received her Ph.D. (1993) and did postdoctoral research at Yale University with Gregory McCarthy, before moving to Harvard Medical School as Instructor to work with M-Marsel Mesulam. Her research using intracranial and non-invasive electrophysiological recordings made seminal contributions to the understanding of neural systems for word recognition and attention in the human brain. Her current research uses a multi-methodological approach to look at how perception and cognition are modulated according to task goals, expectations, and memories; and to understand how these dynamic regulatory mechanisms are affected by ageing, psychiatric conditions, and neurodegenerative disorders Sabine Kastner is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at Princeton University, where she heads the Neuroscience of Attention and Perception Laboratory in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, and serves as the Scientific Director of Princeton's neuroimaging facility. She received M.D. (1993) and Ph.D. degrees (1994) and performed postdoctoral studies at NIH (1996-2000) with Leslie Ungerleider and Bob Desimone. Her functional brain imaging studies provided groundbreaking insights into visual perceptual and cognitive processes in the human brain. Kastner uses a translational approach that combines neuroimaging and electrophysiology to study the neural basis of visual perception, attention, and awareness in healthy humans, patients with brain lesions and animal models. Kastner's contributions to the field of cognitive neuroscience were recognized with the Young Investigator Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in 2005
Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Attention
excellent ... intriguing. * Joe Sinclair, New Nurturing Potential * ...the book is well written, well organized, and up to date. Copious figures and illustrations demonstrate learning points and many are in high quality color...This is a comprehensive and informative book on attention that could serve well as a reference for scholars or as reading material in a graduate level class. * Doody's Notes *
