The Visual World in Sight and Mind

In this chapter, we describe how attention and memory interact to determine the extent and quality of our visual interactions with the world. We begin by considering the ways in which attention acts as a gatekeeper to visually-based memory. We then review the role attention plays in the maintenance of visual information in both short-term (working) and long-term memory. Finally, we describe examples of tasks and situations in which the contents of visual memory reciprocally affect the guidance of attention through visual displays.