(week 5) Perception- visual attention

Question 1

what is divided vs selective attention

Answer 1

divided- paying attention to more than one thing at once
selective- focussing on one specific thing

Question 2

why do we need attention

Answer 2

because there is too much info available to process it all, we have finite capacity

Question 3

what is exogenous attention

Answer 3

guided by enviroment

Question 4

what is endogenous attention

Answer 4

guided by the individual

Question 5

what is interattentional blindness

Answer 5

we often do not perceive an object/ event if we do not attend to it

Question 6

what is change blindness

Answer 6

when scenes change between two discrete views we are not sensitive to large differences between scenes. observers fail to notice significant changes in a visual scene

Question 7

what are continuity errors

Answer 7

a mistake which can be due to inattentional or change blindness in films where there is a visible inconsistency between scenes

Question 8

how can attention be related to a spotlight

Answer 8

we have selective attention/ can only pay attention to so much at one. cant pay attention outside of spot light

Question 9

how can attention be compared to glue

Answer 9

focussed attention binds separate visual features into a coherent perceived object

Question 10

what is feature integration theory

Answer 10

an explanation of how we go from seeing seperate features to whole objects.
preattentive stage- features are free floating
focussed attention stage- features are bound together

Question 11

what type of vision is required to percieve fine detail

Answer 11

central vision

Question 12

how is eye movement involved in directing attention (stimulus salience)

Answer 12

we direct our eyes to the most salient object in the scene (that pops out the most)

Question 13

what is the criticism of stimulus salience in eye movement directing attention in real life

Answer 13

in real world, eye gaze is directed to the right place and right time to guide actions (this may differ in neurodivergent conditions e.g. autism)

Question 14

what is monotrophism

Answer 14

cognitive style characterised by an intense, narrow focus of attention on a small number of interests at a time. seen in autism

Question 15

what happens in a monotrophic mind

Answer 15

fewer interests are aroused and they attract more processing resources. it is harder to deal with things outside of these interests.

Question 16

how can attention enhance perception

Answer 16

we respond faster to attended objects, attention enhances physiological responses