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Attention as Information Selection. There are a number of classic paradigms used to study attention visual search. Attention as Information Selection. There are a number of classic paradigms used to study attention visual search shadowing. Attention as Information Selection.
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Attention as Information Selection • There are a number of classic paradigms used to study attention • visual search
Attention as Information Selection • There are a number of classic paradigms used to study attention • visual search • shadowing
Attention as Information Selection • There are a number of classic paradigms used to study attention • visual search • shadowing • cue-target
Attention as Information Selection • There are a number of classic paradigms used to study attention • visual search • shadowing • cue-target • Stroop Task B L U E B L U E
Theoretical Models of Attention x x x • Broadbent (1958) conceptualized attention as information processing • Used a cuing paradigm to show that attentional selection of one channel dramatically biased perception • Believed that unattended inputs were filtered out altogether o o o x o o "Was there an x in the bottom left square?" "Was there an o in the bottom left square?"
Early Selection • Early Selection model postulated that attention acted as a strict gate at the lowest levels of sensory processing • Based on concept of a limited capacity bottleneck