Accession Number:

ADA171986

Title:

Selective Attention and Cognitive Control.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

OREGON UNIV EUGENE DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Personal Author(s):

• Posner,Michael I.
• Presti,David E.

Report Date:

1986-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

Studies of selective attention suggest a system which operates across modalities and on many forms of internal representation. Complex analysis, even semantic analysis, of sensory input may occur automatically without attention, but attention controls the locus of action. Investigation of spatial attention within the visual system provides a means to explore the neural systems involved in the control of attention. Author

Descriptors:

• *COGNITION
• *ATTENTION
• *PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• *CEREBRAL CORTEX
• CONTROL
• SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
• POSITION(LOCATION)
• COMPUTATIONS
• BRAIN
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• SEMANTICS
• VISUAL PERCEPTION
• NEUROLOGY
• SELECTION
• SPACE PERCEPTION
• PHONETICS

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE