Historical overview of research on attention -- Information processing and the study of attention -- Selective visual attention -- Auditory and crossmodal attention -- Attention and inhibition -- Multiple-task performance -- Memory and attention -- Attention and displays -- Mental workload and situation awareness -- Individual differences in attention -- The cognitive neuroscience of attention -- Disorders of attention
Summary
The authors provide a balance between a readable overview of attention and an emphasis on how theories and paradigms for the study of attention have developed. It is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-447) and indexes
Notes
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