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Research in Dr. Awh's laboratory focuses on the cognitive neuroscience of selective attention and working memory. We use behavioral, electrophysiological and fMRI methods to understand how basic cognitive processes are  implemented in the human brain.  A central project in our lab examines capacity limits in attention and memory with an emphasis on understanding how and why these abilities differ across individuals.

Dr. Awh will not be accepting new students.

Selected Publications:

Anderson, D.E., Serences, J.T., Vogel, E.K., & Awh, E. (2014). Induced alpha rhythms track the content and quality of visual working memory representations with high temporal precision. Journal of Neuroscience.

Ester, E.F., Anderson, D.E., Serences, J.T., & Awh, E. (2013). A neural measure of precision in visual working memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25(5), 754-761.

Anderson, D.E., Vogel, E.K., & Awh, E. (2013). A common discrete resource for visual working memory and visual search. Psychological Science.

Anderson, D.E., Ester, E.F., Serences, J.T., & Awh, E. (2013). Attending multiple items decreases the selectivity of population responses in human primary visual cortex. Journal of Neuroscience.

Awh, E., Belopolsky, A.V., & Theeuwes, J. (2012). Top-down versus bottom-up attentional control: A failed theoretical dichotomy. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16(8), 437-443.

Ester, E.F., Drew, T.W., Klee, D., Vogel, E.K., & Awh, E. (2012). Neural measures reveal a fixed item limit in subitizing. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(21), 7169-7177.

Anderson, D.E., Vogel, E.K., & Awh, E. (2011). Precision in visual working memory reaches a plateau when individual item-limits are exceeded. Journal of Neuroscience.

Serences, J., Ester, E., Vogel, E.K., & Awh, E. (2009).  Stimulus-specific delay activity in human primary visual cortex. Psychological Science, 20(2), 207-214.