The attentional blink reveals a fundamental limit in the temporal resolution of attention. By describing the entire sequence of electrophysiological events underlying the blink, a new study provides the first glimpse into the neural cause of this bottleneck.
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Marois, R. Two-timing attention. Nat Neurosci 8, 1285–1286 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1005-1285
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