Attention Flashcards
How much attention we have and how we are paying to tasks
Load theory
Focusing depends on…
Perceptual load
Processing capacity
People can figure what we are looking at, we move our heads basically
Overt attnetion
Ability to focus on a stimuli without moving eyes, it is in non central vision
Covert attention
Part of the eye that makes acuity or detail
Fovea
A lot worse than central vision because of a lack of fovea
Peripheral vision
When you fix on something after eye movement
Fixation
Rapid ballistic eye movements of the eyes that abruptly change the point of fixation
Saccadic eye movement
Physical properties of stimuli can capture attention
Stimulus salience
Where your eyes fixate on in the visual world because of things you notice based on experience
Cognitive factors (top-down)
Attention improves ability to respond to a location or stimuli
Results of attention
Attended to objects are perceived as bigger, faster, and more salient when focused on
How attention affects perception
True or false: as tasks become harder, dividing attention becomes harder
True
Things that direct attention away from what we are doing
Distractions
Unaware of clearly visible stimulus if attention is not directed to it
Inattentional blindness
