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  • Visual Perception

Background:

  • The role of top-down control in visual selection is debated, with some suggesting it is slow and unimportant.
  • Existing models may not fully capture the diverse influences on attentional deployment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the notion that top-down control is scarce and unimportant in visual selection.
  • To explore how goals and search habits influence attentional processes.
  • To re-evaluate the dominance of top-down control in visual attention.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical review and synthesis of existing research on visual attention.
  • Analysis of the interplay between goals, habits, and attentional priority maps.
  • Examination of modulatory effects of goals on sensory processing.

Main Results:

  • Not all attentional sources map onto a single, unitary attentional priority map.
  • Goals broadly modulate sensory processing and influence where attention is deployed.
  • Search habits influence how attention is deployed.
  • Top-down control often dominates over less deliberate attentional mechanisms when multiple sources are involved.

Conclusions:

  • Top-down control is a fundamental and influential aspect of visual selection.
  • The impact of goals on attention is broad and not always deliberate.
  • Selection history can independently influence attention, but top-down control remains central.