Figure 4.

Decoding the focus of attention in working memory. Activation values (normalized decision value of a multivariate filter; see Materials and Methods for details) during attentional shifts in WM were analyzed at positions that were functionally mapped with a perceptual localizer. Target memory positions to which the focus of attention (FoA) was shifted compared with the activation values at the all other memory positions regardless of whether they were part of the same object (grouping of the memorized positions indicated here by gray dotted lines for illustration only). Negative values reflect lower activation relative to all other positions. Error bars indicate SEM for within-subjects comparison (Morey, 2008). *p < 0.05.