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Preprints
Allon, A., & Leber, A. B. (2024). Experience-driven suppression of irrelevant distractor locations is context dependent. [preprint]
Savelson, I., Hauck, C., Lien, M. C., Ruthruff, E., & Leber, A. B. (under review). Learned distractor rejection: robust but surprisingly rapid. [preprint]
In Press
Lin, Y. & Leber, A. B. (in press). Individual variation in encoding strategy optimization in visual working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition. [preprint]
2024
Zhang., T. & Leber, A. B. (2024). Investigating an effort avoidance account of attentional strategy choice. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 86, 1989-2002. [publisher]
Savelson, I. & Leber, A. B. (2024). How we learn to ignore singleton distractors: Suppressing saliency signals or specific features? Visual Cognition. [advance online publication]
McNally, J. A., Narhi-Martinez, W., Leber, A. B., & Golomb, J. D. (2024). Learned relevance of a distracting cue can influence feature interference errors. Visual Cognition. [Advance Online Publication]
Won, B. Y., & Leber, A. B. (2024). Intermixed levels of visual search difficulty produce asymmetric probability learning. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. Advance Online Publication. [open access article]
Hansen, H. A., Leber, A. B., & Saygin, Z. M. (2024). The effect of misophonia on cognitive and social judgments. PLOS One, 19(5), e0299698. [open access article]
Zhang., T., Irons, J. L. Hansen, H. A., & Leber, A. B. (2024). Joint contributions of preview and task instructions on visual search strategy selection. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 86(4), 1163–1175. [open access article]
Liesefeld, H. R., Lamy, D., Gaspelin, N., Geng, J. J., Kerzel, D., Schall, J. D., Allen, H. A., Anderson, B. A., Boettcher, S., Busch, N. A., Carlisle, N. B., Colonius, H., Draschkow, D., Egeth, H., Leber, A. B., Müller, H. J., Röer, J. P., Schubö, A., Slagter, H. A., Theeuwes, J., & Wolfe, J. (2024). Terms of debate: Consensus definitions to guide the scientific discourse on visual distraction. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. Advance Online Publication. [open access article]
Narhi-Martinez, W., Dube, B., Chen, J., Leber, A. B., & Golomb, J. D. (2024). Suppression of a salient distractor protects the processing of target features. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 31, 223–233. [open access article]
2023
Chang, S., Dube, B., Golomb, J.D., & Leber, A. B. (2023). Learned spatial suppression is not always proactive. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 49(7), 1031-1041. [publisher]
McKinney, M. R., Hansen, H. A., Irons, J. L., & Leber, A. B. (2023). Attentional strategy choice is not predicted by cognitive ability or academic performance. Visual Cognition, 30(10), 671-679.
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2022
Hansen, H. A., Stefancin, P., Leber, A. B., & Saygin, Z. M. (2022). Neural evidence for non-orofacial triggers in mild misophonia. Frontiers in neuroscience, 1290.
[open access article] [media coverage]
Li, W. Y., McKinney, M. R., Irons, J. L., & Leber, A. B. (2022). Assessing the generality of strategy optimization across distinct attentional tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 48(6), 582–596.
[public preprint] [publisher]
Clarke, A. D. F., Irons, J. L., James, W., Leber, A. B., & Hunt, A. R. (2022). Stable individual differences in strategies within, but not between, visual search tasks. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75(2), 289-296.
[open access article]
2021
Leber, A. B. (2021). Understanding of attentional suppression is incomplete without consideration of motivation and context. Visual Cognition, 29(9), 614-617. [public preprint] [publisher]
Hansen, H. A., Leber, A. B., & Saygin, Z. M. (2021). What sound sources trigger misophonia? Not just chewing and breathing. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(11), 2609-2625.
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Scotti, P. S., Hong, Y., Leber, A. B., & Golomb, J. D. (2021). Visual working memory items drift apart due to active, not passive, maintenance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(12), 2506–2524
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Scotti, P. S., Hong, Y., Golomb, J. D., & Leber, A. B. (2021). Statistical learning as a reference point for memory distortions: Swap and shift errors. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83, 1652-1672.
[publisher] [public preprint]
2020
Irons, J. L. & Leber (2020). Developing an individual profile of attentional control strategy. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24 (4), 364-371.
[publisher] [public preprint]
2019
Geng, J. J., Leber, A. B., & Shomstein, S. (2019). Attention and Perception: 40 review, 40 views. Current Opinion in Psychology, 29, v-viii.
[publisher]
Chen, J., Leber, A. B., & Golomb, J. D. (2019). Attentional capture alters feature perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 45(11), 1443-1454.
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Leber, A.B. & Irons, J. L. (2019). A methodological toolbox for investigating attentional strategy. Current Opinion in Psychology, 29, 274-281.
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Hansen, H., Irons, J. L., & Leber, A. B. (2019). Taking stock: the role of perceptual appraisal in the strategic use of attentional control. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 81(8), 2673-2684
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Gwinn, R. E., Leber, A. B., & Krajbich, I. (2019). The spillover effects of attentional learning on value-based choice. Cognition, 182, 294-306.
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2018
Won, B. Y. & Leber, A. B. (2018). Failure to exploit learned spatial value information during visual search. Visual Cognition, 26 (7), 482-499.
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Irons, J. & Leber, A. B. (2018). Characterizing individual variation in the strategic use of attentional control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 44 (10), 1637-1654.
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Hilchey, M. D., Leber, A. B., & Pratt, J. (2018). Testing the role of response repetition in priming in visual search. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 80 (6), 1362-1374.
[open access article]
2017
Irons, J. L., Jeon, M, & Leber, A. B. (2017). Pre-stimulus pupil dilation and the preparatory control of attention. PLoS ONE, 12 (12), e0188787.
[open access article]
Won, B. Y, & Leber, A. B. (2017). Spatial constraints on probability learning in visual working memory. Visual Cognition, 25 (1-3), 34-50.
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2016
Leber, A. B., Gwinn, R. E., Hong, Y. L., & O’Toole, R. J. (2016). Implicitly learned suppression of irrelevant spatial locations. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23 (6), 1873-1881.
[open access article]
Irons, J. L., & Leber, A. B. (2016). Choosing attentional control settings in a dynamically changing environment. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 78 (7), 2031-2048.
[open access article]
Won, B. Y, & Leber, A. B. (2016). How do magnitude and frequency of monetary reward guide visual search? Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 78 (5), 1221-1231.
[open access article]
Tower-Richardi, S. M., Leber, A. B., & Golomb, J. D. (2016). Spatial priming in ecologically relevant reference frames. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 78 (1), 114-132.
[open access article]
2015
Moser, J. S., Moran, T. P., & Leber, A. B. (2015). Attentional search training improves attentional control and reduces state anxiety in trait anxious college students. Behavior Therapy, 46, 834-843.
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Gibson, B. M., Leber, A. B., Mehlman, M. L. (2015). Spatial context learning in pigeons (Columba livia). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning & Cognition, 41 (4), 336-342.
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2014
Wells, E. T., & Leber, A. B. (2014). Motion-induced blindness is influenced by global properties of the moving mask. Visual Cognition, 22 (1), 125-140.
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2013
Leber, A. B., Lechak, J. R., & Tower-Richardi, S. M. (2013). What do fast response times tell us about attentional control? Journal of Vision, 13 (3), 1-12.
[open access article]
2012
Lamy, D., Leber, A. B., & Egeth, H. E. (2012). Selective attention. In I. B. Weiner, A. F. Healy, & R.V. Proctor (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology. Volume 4: Experimental Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 267-294). New York: Wiley.
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Lechak, J. R. & Leber, A. B. (2012). Individual differences in distraction by motion predicted by neural activity in MT/V5. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6 (12), 1-10.
[open access article]
2011
Wells, E. T., Leber, A. B., & Sparrow, J. E. (2011). The role of mask coherence in motion-induced blindness. Perception, 40 (12), 1503-1518.
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2010
Egeth, H. E., Leonard, C. J., & Leber, A. B. (2010). Why salience is not enough: Reflections on top-down selection in vision. Acta Psychologica, 135, 130-132.
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Leber, A. B. (2010). Neural predictors of within-subject fluctuations in attentional control. Journal of Neuroscience, 30 (34), 11458-11465.
[open access article]
Costello, M. C., Madden, D. J., Shepler, A. M., Mitroff, S. R., & Leber, A. B. (2010). Age-related preservation of top-down control over distraction in visual search. Experimental Aging Research, 36, 249-272.
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2009
Leber, A. B., Kawahara, J. -I., & Gabari, Y. (2009). Long-term, abstract learning of attentional set. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35 (5), 1385-1397.
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2008
Leber, A. B., Turk-Browne, N. B., & Chun, M. M. (2008). Neural predictors of moment-to-moment fluctuations in cognitive flexibility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 105 (36), 13592-13597.
[open access article]
Folk, C. L., Leber, A. B., & Egeth, H. E. (2008). Top-down control settings and the attentional blink: Evidence for non-spatial contingent capture. Visual Cognition, 16 (5), 616-642.
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2007
Turk-Browne, N. B., Yi, D. -J., Leber, A. B., & Chun, M. M.(2007). Visual quality determines the direction of neural repetition effects. Cerebral Cortex, 17, 425-433.
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2006
Lamy, D., Carmel, T., Egeth, H. E., & Leber, A. B. (2006). Effects of search mode and inter-trial priming on singleton search. Perception & Psychophysics, 68 (6), 919-932.
[open access article]
Leber, A. B., & Egeth, H. E. (2006). Attention on autopilot: Past experience and attentional set. Visual Cognition, 14, 565-583.
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Leber, A. B., & Egeth, H. E. (2006). It’s under control: Top-down search strategies can override attentional capture. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13(1), 132-138.
[open access article]
2005
Serences, J., Shomstein, S., Leber, A. B., Golay, X., Egeth, H. E, & Yantis, S. (2005). Coordination of voluntary and stimulus-driven attentional control in human cortex. Psychological Science, 16 (2), 114-122.
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2004
Lamy, D., Leber, A., & Egeth, H. E. (2004). Effects of stimulus-driven salience within feature search mode. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 30 (6), 1019-1031.
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2002
Folk, C. L., Leber, A. B., & Egeth, H. E. (2002). Made you blink! Contingent attentional capture produces a spatial blink. Perception & Psychophysics, 64 (5), 741-753.
[open access article]
2001
Egeth, H. E., Folk, C. L., Leber, A. B., Nakama, T., & Hendel, S. (2001). Attentional capture in the spatial and temporal domains. In C. L. Folk & B. S. Gibson (Eds.) Advances in Psychology XXX – Attraction, Distraction, and Action: Multiple Perspectives on Attentional Capture. (pp. 93-119). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B. V.
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