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Edward Awh Associate Professor, Department of Psychology B.A., 1989, Northwestern University Ph.D, 1996, University of Michigan Research Interests Behavioral and biological studies of selective attention and working memory Email Website

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My lab studies selective attention and working memory, using a combination of behavioral and brain imaging methodologies. One prominent theme in my research has been the functional relationships between attention and working memory, where we have found evidence for substantial overlap between the systems that enable perceptual selection and those that support active maintenance of information in working memory.

In recent years we have also focused on the behavioral and neural characteristics of systems for resolving visual interference. Currently we are using similar paradigms to examine the core cognitive deficits in individuals diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Finally, we have a continued interest in developing better cognitive and neural models of working memory.

Representative Publications

• Awh, E., Barton, B., Vogel, E.K. (in press). Visual working memory represents a fixed number of items, regardless of complexity. Psychological Science.

• Awh, E., Armstrong, K.M. & Moore, T. (2006). Visual and oculomotor selection: links, causes and implications for spatial attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10(3), 124-130.

• Awh, E., Vogel, E., & Oh, S.-H. (2006). Interactions between attention and working memory. Neuroscience, 139, 201-208.

• Awh, E., Sgarlata, A.M., Kliestik, J. (2005). Resolving visual interference during covert spatial orienting: Online Attentional Control Through Static Records of Prior Visual Experience. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 134(2), 192-206.

• Serences, J., Yantis, S., Culberson, A. & Awh, E. (2004). Preparatory activity in visual cortex indexes distractor suppression during covert spatial orienting. Journal of Neurophysiology, 92, 3538-3545.

• Awh E., Serences, J., Laurey, P., Dhaliwal, H., van der Jagt, T., & Dassonville, P. (2004). Unimpaired Face Discrimination During the Attentional Blink: Evidence for Multiple Processing Channels. Cognitive Psychology, 48, 95-126.

• Mayr, U., Awh, E., & Laurey, P. (2003). Conflict adaptation effects do not require executive control. Nature Neuroscience, 6(5), 450-452.

• Awh, E., Matsukura, M., Serences, J. (2003). Top-down control over biased competition during covert orienting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29(1), 52-63.

• Awh, E., & Jonides, J. (2001). Overlapping mechanisms of attention and working memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences,5(3), 119-126.

• Awh, E., Dhaliwal, H., Christensen, S., Matsukura, M. (2001). Evidence for two components of object-based selection. Psychological Science, 12(4), 329-334.

• Awh, E., Anllo-Vento, & Hillyard, S.A. (2000). The role of spatial selective attention in working memory for locations: evidence from event-related potentials. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12(5), 840-847.

• Awh, E. & Pashler, H. (2000). Evidence for split attentional foci. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform.: Human Perception and Performance, 26(2), 834-846.

• Awh, E., Jonides, J., Smith, E.E., Buxton, R.B., Frank, L.R., Love, T., Wong, E.C., & Gmeindl, L. (1999). Rehearsal in spatial working memory: Evidence from neuroimaging. Psychological Science, 10(5), 443-437.

• Awh, E. & Gehring, W.J. (1999). The anterior cingulate lends a hand in response selection. Nature Neuroscience, 2(10), 853-854.

• Awh, E., & Jonides, J. (1998) Spatial Selective Attention and Spatial Working Memory. The Attentive Brain. Parasuraman, R. (Ed.), pp. 353-380, Cambridge, Mass: M.I.T. Press.

• Awh, E., Jonides, J., & Reuter-Lorenz, P.A. (1998). Rehearsal in Spatial Working Memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 24(3), 780-790.

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