Attention, Effort, andResource Allocation

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Attention, Effort, andResource Allocation

Attention is...

What Is Attention?

Characteristics

Automatic Vs. Controlled Processing Distinction

Purposes of Attention

Subsystems of attention

Varieties of Focal Attention

Focal Attention

Broadbent (1958)

Broadbent’s Filter Theory

Problems With Broadbent’s Filter Model

Early Vs. Late Selection

Kahneman (1973)

Limitations on Processing

Focused Visual Attention

Factors Affecting Dual-task Performance

Posner’s components of attention

Current Issues: A Sampler

Current Issues (Cont’d)

Current Issues (Cont’d)

Current Issues (Cont’d)

Author: Russell M. Bauer

Email: rbauer@hp.ufl.edu