Publication Date:
2003
Short description:
Attention / D., G., Iani, C. - In: Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science / L. Nadel (Ed.). - STAMPA. - London : Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 2003. - ISBN 9780333792612. - pp. 220-226
abstract:
Attention is the scientific term primarily usedto describe all processes and mechanisms thatgovern the subjective constraints imposed by thehuman organism on the flow and interpretationof external and internal information, and on theorganization and selection of responses, in the serviceof goal-directed behavior. In some cases, attentioncan also be automatically captured bysudden changes in the situation, or by well-trainedstimulus–response tendencies
Iris type:
Capitolo/Saggio
Keywords:
attention; selection; consciousness; indiividual differencs
List of contributors:
D., Gopher; Iani, Cristina
Book title:
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science