Selective Attention 3 Flashcards
What did Frank and Posner describe attention as?
An organ system with differentiated structures that is adapted for specific functions and is grouped with other structures into a system
What Year did the Frank and Posner paper come out
2004
What are the three subsystems that attention can be fractioned into
Alerting, Orienting, Executive Control
What are the two images of subsystems
Source signals, Site signals
What are source signals associated with
The activation of attention
What do site signals reflect?
The influence of sources on processing
What do cues in the environment signal?
When but not where a relevant stimulus will occur
What is Alerting?
The preparatory change in the individual’s ability to receive, evaluate and respond to an upcoming stimulus
What does Attention describe?
The seperate cognitive functions
