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The information processing approach focuses on the processes by which information in a stimulus is translated to a response. There have been various techniques developed to gain insight into their nature, such as:
- Observation: stimulus identification;
- Decision making and response selection;
- Programming of response and execution.
The output in the first stage is the input for the second
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Summaries per chapter with the 1st edition by Attention: Theory and Practice by Johnson & Proctor
Summaries per chapter with Attention: Theory and Practice
Table of content
- What is the history of research into attention? - Chapter 1
- What is the process of information processing in the brain? - Chapter 2
- Which visual stimuli are processed by the brain and how? - Chapter 3
- How do different senses or modalities work together? - Chapter 4
- When and how does inhibition of attention take place? - Chapter 5
- How can we divide our attention? - Chapter 6
- What does memory have to do with attention? - Chapter 7
- How can research into attention be applied? - Chapter 8
- How can mental workload and situation awareness be measured? - Chapter 9
- Which individual differences are important for attention? - Chapter 10
- What is the cognitive neuroscience of attention? - Chapter 11
- Which disorders are related to attention? - Chapter 12
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