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Consciousness and Attention 1
Consciousness and Attention 1
Consciousness &
Attention
Consciousness and Attention
Attention
The action of giving importance to something; being interested in a given
content.
Consciousness and Attention
Attention
We are more likely to remember information to which we paid attention than
information we ignored.
Consciousness and Attention
Consciousness
❑ The state of being aware of and being
able to perceive one’s surroundings,
thoughts, sensations, and emotions.
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Conscious Attention
Consciousness and Attention
Conscious Attention
❑ Air traffic controllers, for example, keep an eye on all traffic near
and over the airport.
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Signal detection and vigilance
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Signal detection and vigilance
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Signal detection and vigilance
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Signal detection and vigilance
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Signal detection and vigilance
Perception — perceiving faint signals that may or may not be beyond your
perceptual range (such as a very high-pitched tone).
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Signal detection and vigilance
Vigilance
Vigilance
❑ In vigilance tasks, expectations regarding
stimulus location strongly affect response
efficiency.
❑ Search happens when you are not sure where the stimulus will
appear. As with vigilance, when we are searching for something,
we may respond by making false alarms.
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Distracters
Distracters
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Feature Search
Feature Search
Conjunction Search
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1. Feature-Integration Theory:
Example:
2. Similarity Theory:
❑ According to this theory, when the target and distractors are similar,
visual search becomes less efficient, leading to slower reaction times.
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