CH. 20 Attention

Question 1

attention

Answer 1

the prioritization of some mental or neural phenomena over others,
including sensory input and behavioral response.

Question 2

posner cueing task

Answer 2

a task that aims to measure behavioral differences between
endogenous and exogenous attention through the difference in reaction times to
central and peripheral cues.

Question 3

endogenous attention

Answer 3

prioritization that is primarily due to an internal (to the
mind or brain) source.

Question 4

exogenous attention

Answer 4

prioritization that is primarily due to an external (to the
mind or brain) source.

Question 5

top-down attention

Answer 5

prioritization that benefits from prefrontal feedback.

Question 6

bottom-up attention

Answer 6

prioritization that is primarily driven by the sensory cortices

Question 7

inattentional blindness

Answer 7

the failure to notice a stimulus that is clearly visible in normal conditions due to an attention-involving task.

Question 8

spotlight metaphor

Answer 8

attention is likened to a spotlight being cast over a stage; intimately connected to the theater metaphor for conscious experience.

Question 9

binding problem

Answer 9

determining the neural mechanism by which sensory features
that are processed separately in the brain are bound into unified objects.