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. 2017 Oct 17;60(10):3027–3038. doi: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-17-0071

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Three-panel schematic of the “spotlight” analogy to selective attention. In the left panel (without spotlight/flashlight), a set of distributed visual images of human shapes is murky; in the center panel, the beam of light enhances the target image illuminating its features; and in the right panel, the focus of the attentional spotlight is redirected to a new source.