what is attention
the behavioural and cognitive process of selectively concentrating on a discrete aspect of information, whether subjective or objective while ignoring other perceivable information.
bottom-up is what?
subconscious control
top-down is what?
executive function
what is alerting?
vigilant readiness in anticipation of requiring of attentional focus
what brain areas are involved in alerting?
- right frontal
- parietal
- locus coruleus
what is orienting
sleeting relevant stimuli to. which to direct one’s focus
what brain areas are involved in orienting
- superior parietal
- temporo-parietal junction
- frontal eye fields
4.superior colliculus
what is conflict monitoring
resolving competing thoughts, feelings and responses
what brain areas are involved in conflict monitoring
- anterior cingulate
- lateral ventral
- prefrontal cortex
- basal ganglia
how to measure alerting
attentional blink
how to measure orienting
dichotic listening
how to measure conflict monitoring
stroop test
