THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTENTION by Harold Pashler ( 9780262661560 )

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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ATTENTION

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ISBN 10:

026266156X

ISBN 13:

9780262661560

Publisher:

MIT PRESS LTD

Pub. date:

26 July, 1999

Series:

The Psychology of Attention

Pages:

510

Description:

Presents a systematic review of the main lines of research on attention; the topics range from perception of threshold stimuli to memory storage and decision making. The book develops empirical generalizations about the major issues and suggests possible underlying theoretical principles.

Synopsis:

In the past two decades, attention has been one of the most investigated areas of research in perception and cognition. However, the literature on the field contains a bewildering array of findings, and empirical progress has not been matched by consensus on major theoretical issues. The Psychology of Attention presents a systematic review of the main lines of research on attention; the topics range from perception of threshold stimuli to memory storage and decision making. The book develops empirical generalizations about the major issues and suggests possible underlying theoretical principles.Pashler argues that widely assumed notions of processing resources and automaticity are of limited value in understanding human information processing. He proposes a central bottleneck for decision making and memory retrieval, and describes evidence that distinguishes this limitation from perceptual limitations and limited-capacity short-term memory.

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Bradford Books

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