"Attention" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Focusing on certain aspects of current experience to the exclusion of others. It is the act of heeding or taking notice or concentrating.
| Descriptor ID |
D001288
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.830.104.214
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Attention" by people in this website by year, and whether "Attention" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2002 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2008 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2009 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2010 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2012 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2013 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 2015 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2016 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2017 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2018 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2019 | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| 2020 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2026 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Attention" by people in Profiles.
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Common Brain Network Dynamics Capture Attention Fluctuations in Tasks and Movies. J Cogn Neurosci. 2026 09 01; 38(9):1708-1720.
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Not all benefits are equal: Incentives to seek reward and avoid penalty improve sustained attention in continuous performance tasks. Atten Percept Psychophys. 2026 Jul 16; 88(6).
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Sustained Attention Is More Closely Related to Long-term Memory than to Attentional Control. J Cogn Neurosci. 2026 07 01; 38(7):1355-1371.
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Impacted and preserved sub-domains of cognitive control in schizophrenia. Neuropsychologia. 2026 Sep 09; 230:109503.
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Oscillatory alpha and aperiodic neural correlates of visual working memory and attention. Cereb Cortex. 2026 Apr 07; 36(4).
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Dissociating Spatial Attention and Working Memory Storage with Pupillometry. J Cogn Neurosci. 2026 04 01; 38(4):656-668.
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The role of empathy in prosocial behavior in autistic and neurotypical children. Child Dev. 2026 Mar 31; 97(2):437-450.
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Attention-related modulation in the superior colliculus encodes perceptual sensitivity, but not perceptual choice. Nat Commun. 2026 Feb 28; 17(1).
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Geometry of neural dynamics along the cortical attractor landscape reflects changes in attention. Nat Commun. 2026 Feb 12; 17(1).
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Item-based Parsing of Dynamic Scenes in a Combined Attentional Tracking and Working Memory Task. J Cogn Neurosci. 2026 02 01; 38(2):264-280.