Attention
The concentration of mental activity that allows us to take in a limited part of the extensive stream of info coming from our sensory & internal worlds
Attention
The state achieved by some tasks & forms of processing in which tasks can be performed with little or no attention. Also known as "mental reflexes"
The skill through which a person focuses on one input or one task while ignoring other stimuli that are also present
Selective attention
This occurs even when the nature of two simultaneous activities differ”
Resource competition
The disruption or decreased ability to look at something in the (often) left field of vision & pay attention to it
Hemineglect
The involved in the basic process of getting sensory information into the cognitive system
Input attention
An example of automaticity, interference on the Stroop task occurs when we can't help but do this early acquired skill before naming the ink color
Reading
We say that our attention acts as this, and can be either broad or narrow
Spotlight
It is _______ difficult to complete two tasks that are very similar, because they draw on ______ resources
More, draw on the same resources
One consequence of selective attention: This happens when we're so focused on one thing, that we miss seeing something unexpected right in front of our eyes
Inattention Blindness
The mechanism through which people allocate processing resources to particular positions in space
Spatial attention
The mechanism through which a person chooses where to focus attention
Endogenous control
We're _____to respond to targets when the spatial cue is in the same location
Faster
It is _______ difficult to complete two tasks that are not very similar, because they draw on ______ resources
One consequence of selective attention: This happens when we're so focused on something that we either miss or take a long time to notice large scale changes in a visual stimulus.
This shows how little we actually perceive from our environment - we even miss a croissant turning into a pancake right in front of our eyes!
Change Blindness
The skill of performing multiple tasks simultaneously
Only possible when the sum of the tasks’ demands is within our
Divided attention
The mechanism through which attention is automatically directed
Exogenous control
We're _____ to respond to targets when we have to shift our attention to their location after being mislead by a spatial cue
Slower
The proposal that selective attention operates at an early stage of processing, so unattended input receives little analysis
Early selection hypothesis
The form of agnosia is associated with being able to perceive characteristics of an object, but unable to put the elements together to perceive the whole object
Apperceptive
The phenomenon where your attention automatically shifts towards the sound of your name (or close others) being said even in a noisy room
Cocktail party effect
Used to study attention, this task has you listen to two conversations at one time. You'll have trouble remembering the conversation you ignored though.
Dichotic Listening Task
This is what happens to our eyes when we shift our attention
The proposal that selective attention operates at a later stage in processing, so unattended inputs receive considerable analysis
Late selection hypothesis
The form of agnosia is associated with being able to perceive a whole object but unable to link that item with pre-existing knowledge to know what it is
Associative agnosia