Mayuri M. Naik was born in 1988 in Curchorem, Goa (India). She completed her B.Sc. from Government College of arts, science and commerce, Quepem-Goa in 2008. She received her M.Sc. degree in organic chemistry from Goa University in 2010. Presently she is proceeding with Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. S. G. Tilve and Prof. V. P. Kamat in department of chemistry, Goa University, Goa. Her re...

Many visual tasks require deployment of attention to multiple objects or locations. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging and behavioral experiments to investigate the relative processing efficiency of two putative attentional mechanisms for performing such tasks: the "zoom lens" and "multiple spotlights." Two key questions were investigated: (1) does splitting the spotlight into multip...

Market researchers are looking more and more to point-of-sale scanners in retail outlets as a rich source of high-quality and timely sales data. Unfortunately, the sheer volume of such data makes analysis and interpretation an overwhelming task. Consequently, there is a demand for software tools that can automatically provide an analysis of large volumes of data. SPOTLIGHT is a knowledge-based ...

Paying selective attention to an audio frequency selectively enhances activity within primary auditory cortex (PAC) at the tonotopic site (frequency channel) representing that frequency. Animal PAC neurons achieve this 'frequency-specific attentional spotlight' by adapting their frequency tuning, yet comparable evidence in humans is scarce. Moreover, whether the spotlight operates in human midb...