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Brain regions that are active when an individual was searching for a target letter are shown in red; those that reacted to a surprise stimulus are shown in blue. The inferior frontal junction, shown in yellow, was involved in both processes and is believed to play a primary role in coordinating the two different types of attention. (Credit: Christopher Asplund)
VANDERBILT (US)—Right now you’re reading this story, but if a fire alarm sounded, your attention would be involuntarily snatched away. For the first time researchers have shown how our brains coordinate these two types of attention, and why we may be temporarily blinded by surprises. Continue…
