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attention and performance Flashcards

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what is attention?

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mental process of concentrating effort on a stimulus

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what are four interrelated ideas on attention

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  1. we are constantly confronted with more info than we can attend to
  2. serious limitations in how much we can attend to at any one time
  3. we can respond to some info and perform som tasks with little if any attention
  4. with sufficent practice and knowledge some tasks become less demanding
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what is focused selective attention?

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select one input while ignoring others

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how does visual search influence attention?

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  • indicate as quickly as you can whether a particular target is present
  • takes longer and requires more attention when searching for a combination (or conjuction) of features
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what are the two processing stages in feature integration theory

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  1. basic features processed rapidly and pre attentively in parallel across visual search
  2. slower serial process with focused attention
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what are the two processing stages in feature integration theory

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  1. basic features processed rapidly and pre attentively in parallel across visual search
  2. slower serial process with focused attention
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what are illusory conjuctions?

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  • no difficulty perceiving features on display
  • however, unsure how features are combined
  • report illusory conjuctions
  • not be sure if the letters are certain colours
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attention networks (Posner,1980)

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  • majority of cues valid
    central cues= rts faster for valid cues
    peripheral cues= rts faster for valid cues
  • select the side a flash of light is presented. left/right of a central fixation cross

flash preceded by a central cue:

  • arrow correctly points to flash location (valid)
  • arrow incorrectly points to flash location (invalid)

flash preceded by a peripheral cue:

  • outline of shape in flash location (valid)
  • outline of shape opposite side of flash location (invalid)
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exogenous attention network

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  • used when peripheral cue present and stimulus driven
  • bottom up
  • stimulus driven
    -automatically shift attention
  • peripheral cues
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endogenous

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endogenous attention used when central cues present and controlled by expectations
- top down
- goal directed
- controlled by expectations
- central cues

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endogenous

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endogenous attention used when central cues present and controlled by expectations
- top down
- goal directed
- controlled by expectations
- central cues

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what is focused auditory attention ?

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  • lessons learned from vision applied to our sense of hearing
  • select sounds of interest, while ignoring others
  • must be separate (or segregate) different auditory stimuli
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what is the cocktail party problem (cherry,1953)

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  • how do we focus on one conversation?
  • using physical difference (gender,females have higher frequency)
  • extract little info from unattended stimuli
  • exogenous (stimulus driven) as hear salient info in unattended stimulus, someone shouts our name
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cross modal attention

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coordinate info from two or more modalities simultaneously
the mcgurk effect
sound same in both clips
further evidence for visual dominance
input from vision influences what we hear
development of cross model attention
speech degraded to stimulate cochlear implant listening
- youngest children did not benefit from visual info
- audio visual gain increased with age

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what is the ventriloquism effect?

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  • close together in time/space
  • match expectations
  • example of visual dominance
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development of cross model attention

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  • speech degraded to stimulate cochlear implant listening
  • youngest children did not benefit from visual info
  • audio visual gain increased with age
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divided attention

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  • present two stimulus inputs at same time
  • must attend and respond to all
  • multi-tasking
  • tells capacity of attention, what limitations
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dual-task performance

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  • tap left hand when dot changes colour
  • right hand when you see letter x
  • when introduce response is slower
    what determines how well we can perform?
  • similarity between task modality
  • similarity between responses e.g. manual or vocal
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controlled processes (serial)

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  • limited capacity
  • require attention
  • flexibly in changing circumstances
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automatic processes (parallel)

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  • no capacity limitations
  • do not require attention
  • hard to modify once learned
    definitions of automaticity
  • reject assumption that clear cut distinction between controlled and automatic processes
21
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four factors related to attention

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  1. unconscious
  2. efficient
  3. faster
  4. goal unrelated
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importance of attention

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  • attention is important and helps us to:
  • focus on a specific object to gain more info
  • bind (or intergrate) features together so we can perceive a coherent object
  • ignore unwanted distraction
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change in blindness and it’s causes

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  • failure to detect changes in environment
  • typically happens in a event and a new event pops up in between

what causes change blindness?
- no single or simple answer, representations may be incomplete due to limited attentional focus.
- representations may decay or be overwritten
- representations of pre change stimulus may be limited to the unconscious
- impossible to compare pre and post change
- perceptual accuracy sacrificed so we have continous and stable perception

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inattentional bias and causes

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  • fail to notice an unexpected but fully visible item when attention is diverted by other aspects of the display
    causes
  • depends on the probability that an unexpected object attracts attention
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factors of importance

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  1. similarity of unexpected object to task relevant stimulus
  2. observers available processing resources
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changes in blindness occur because it fails to:

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  • attend to change location
  • encode the pre-change visual stimulus at the change location into memory
  • encode the post change visual stimulus at the change location into memory
  • compare pre and post change representations
  • recognise at conscious level the discrepancy between pre and post change representations
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disorders of visual attention

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  • consequence of brain trauma
  • neglect (or spatial neglect)
  • lack of awareness of stimuli presented to side of space on opposite (or contralateral) side to brain damage
  • typically involves right hemisphere damage
  • left side of objects and/or objects presented to the left visual field are undetected
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disorders of visual attention

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  • consequence of brain trauma
  • neglect (or spatial neglect)
  • lack of awareness of stimuli presented to side of space on opposite (or contralateral) side to brain damage
  • typically involves right hemisphere damage
  • left side of objects and/or objects presented to the left visual field are undetected
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object centred (allocentric)

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  • lack of awareness of side objects
  • difficulties copying

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