It is well established that visual information processing for perception
and spatial-motor action (e.g., grasping, saccading) is highly selective
and depends strongly on the current task. In the first part of my talk,
I will introduce basic ideas of how primates (humans, monkeys) sample
their visual environment. The focus will be on two forms of selection in
vision, namely overt selection by eye movements and covert selection by
visual attention. A theoretical framework will be introduced that
implies a tight spatial-temporal coupling between both forms, and
supportive evidence will be reported. The topic of the last part of my
talk refers to visual selection in relationship to visual working
(short-term) memory. Recent experiments from our laboratory will be
presented that provide evidence for shared control processes of eye
movements, visual attention and working memory.