The prospect of $2,000 stimulus checks came into sharper view Wednesday as Democrats inched closer to taking control of the U.S. Senate. Just one week ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ...

With control of both chambers ... jobless Americans and others hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. The first round of stimulus payments included $1,200 per adult, as well as $500 per child, and ...

Attention can also be driven by stimulus properties rather than cognitive processes. This 'bottom-up' control of attention explains why we find ourselves drawn to 'oddball' stimuli that are very ...