What are the varieties of attention?
Selective attention, Attention as a Resource, Control vs Automatically.
What is Selective Attention?
The ability to focus on a subset of perceptual information that reaches the senses.
Top Down vs Bottom Up?
Top Down: When you have information to guide.
Bottom Up: When you don’t have information to guide you so you create your own?
What is late selection.
A lot of things get processed even if you do not realize it. Get’s processed at the semantic level.
What are the two space based selections for selective attention?
Overt: Movement of eyes toward attended regions.
Covert: Eyes remain stationary, shift of ‘minds eye’.
What is Illusory Conjunctions?
When attention is divided, participants often make “conjunction errors”.
Does Slack increase or decrease with more SOA?
Decrease. Quicker reaction time with more SOA.
What does SOA stand for?
Stimulus Onset Asynchrony.
What does TUT stand for?
Task-Unrelated Thoughts
What is Controlled Processing?
A process that requires conscious use of attentional resources.
What is Automatic Processing?
A process that does not require attention for its execution.
What is a Mental Set, in relation to task switching?
A preparatory mental state that “tunes” cognitive processing to achieve a particular goal.
