Split of spatial attention as predicted by a systems-level model of visual attention

• Published in: The European journal of neuroscience Vol. 33; no. 11; pp. 2035 - 2045
• Main Authors: Zirnsak, Marc, Beuth, Frederik, Hamker, Fred H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Attention - physiology; Computer Simulation; Eye Movements - physiology; frontal eye field; Indexing in process; Models, Neurological; Space Perception - physiology; split of attention; Visual Perception - physiology; visual search

Can we attend to multiple distinct spatial locations at the same time? According to a recent psychophysical study [J. Dubois et al. (2009)Journal of Vision, 9, 3.1–11] such a split of spatial attention might be limited to short periods of time. Following N. P. Bichot et al. [(1999)Perception & P...