| Description |
x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Perspectives in cognitive neuroscience |
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Perspectives in cognitive neuroscience.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction. A Multidisciplinary Approach. The Goals of Attention. The Manifestations of Attention. The Expression of Attention. Plan of the Book -- 2. Selective Attention. Early Theories of Selective Attention. Selection of What, Where, and Which. Six Properties of the Attended Area. Metaphors of Selective Attention. Selection of an Object in a Cluttered Field. Experimental Tasks. Selective Attention to Actions -- 3. Preparatory Attention and Maintenance Attention. Preparatory Attention. Attentional Preparation or Cognitive Expectation? Perceptual Preparations for Objects and Their Attributes. Perceptual Preparation for Locations of Objects. The "Peaked Distribution" of Attentional Activity. Shifting Visual Attention through Space. The Resource View of Preparatory Attention. Maintenance Attention -- 4. Attentional Processing in Cortical Areas. Areas of Specialized (Modular) Processing. Attention to Object Information in Ventral Cortical Streams |
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Attention to Spatial Information in Dorsal Cortical Streams. Attentional Control versus Attentional Expression -- 5. Attentional Processing in Two Subcortical Areas. The Superior Colliculus |
| Analysis |
Perception |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-258) and index |
| Subject |
Attention.
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Neuropsychology.
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| LC no. |
94038071 |
| ISBN |
0674052684 |
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