Attention - Vocabulary Noba Flashcards
What is dichotic listening?
An experimental task in which two messages are presented to different ears.
What is divided attention?
The ability to flexibly allocate attentional resources between two or more concurrent tasks.
What is inattentional blindness?
The failure to notice a fully visible object when attention is devoted to something else.
What does limited capacity refer to?
The notion that humans have limited mental resources that can be used at a given time.
What is selective attention?
The ability to select certain stimuli in the environment to process while ignoring distracting information.
What is the purpose of shadowing?
A task in which the individual is asked to repeat an auditory message as it is presented.
What is subliminal perception?
The ability to process information for meaning when the individual is not consciously aware of that information.
