5.4 Summary of Section 5

Many familiar themes have re-emerged in this section, together with the recognition that attention is involved in the assembly of remembered material as well as of current perceptions.

• Attention is associated with the generation of perceptual objects.

• In addition to being an essential part of external stimulus processing, attention influences remembered experiences.

• ERP data show that cortical signals derived from unattended external stimuli are attenuated.