Attention

by Harold Pashler (Editor)

Overview

This collection of essays, intended as a text for students, examines the different facets of research into attention. The book is divided into two sections: one deals with psychological research into such areas as visual search, dual-task interference and attentional bottleneck; the other deals with approaches to neural-network modelling and the effects of brain damage on attention.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780863778124
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/27/1998
Series:	Studies in Cognition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Harold Pashler

Table of Contents

Neuropsychology of spatial attention, J. Driver; auditory attention - the psychoacoustical approach, B. Scharf; visual attention and eye movements, J. Hoffman; dual-task performance, H. Pashler, J. Johnston; neuropsychology of selective attention, S. Luck; computational models of attention, M. Mozer; attention and inhibition, B. Miliken, S. Tipper; visual search, J. Wolfe; control of visual attention, S. Yantis.

Editorial Reviews

Essays examine contemporary research in attention, in sections dealing with psychological research and contemporary approaches to neural- network modeling and the effects of brain damage on attention. Topics include visual search, dual-task interference, attentional bottlenecks, and computational modeling of spatial attention. Tutorial style chapters are suitable for senior undergraduate students. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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