The psychology of attention

In the past two decades, attention has been one of the most investigated areas of research in perception and cognition. However, the literature on the field contains a bewildering array of findings, and empirical progress has not been matched by consensus on major theoretical issues. The Psychology...

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Main Author: Pashler, Harold E.
Other Authors: EBSCOhost.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1998]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 494 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Bradford book.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • Introduction
  • 2.
  • Selective attention
  • 3.
  • Divided attention
  • 4.
  • Attentional set
  • 5.
  • Capacity and selection : theorizing about attention
  • 6.
  • Central processing limitations in sensorimotor tasks
  • 7.
  • Attention and memory
  • 8.
  • Automaticity, effort, and control.