Selective Attention In the world we live in‚ we are bombarded by infinite sensory inputs. The hum of the heater; the ticking on the clock; the chatter of your friends. Yet‚ this information usually goes unnoticed. Our brain has limited space to process and retain information and is not capable of processing everything we hear or see around us. In order to prevent a mental breakdown‚ we filter out the information we want and ignore the rest‚ referring to selective attention. Selective attention focuses
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Research carried out on attention has mainly been associated with the selective processing of incoming sensory information. It proposes‚ to some degree‚ our awareness of the world depends on what we choose to focus on and not simply the stimulation received by our senses. Attention is often linked to a filter that screens out most potential stimuli whilst allowing a select few to pass through into our conscious awareness‚ however‚ a great deal of debate has been devoted to where the filter is situated
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Dividing Attention Facilitates or Impedes Learning Dividing attention can impede learning when trying to retain new facts. This can actually impair ability to retain information or to properly interact with others. When receiving information from many different sources or interfacing with different people at the same time it is difficult to concentrate and succeed at dealing with at least one of the issues at hand. If dividing your attention among a group of activities impedes your progress
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is selective attention. When on the mound during a softball game‚ I selectively pay attention to the pitch I am about the throw and how I’m going to go about that pitch. I process information from one part of the environment and exclude all the other parts. I don’t notice the conversations happening on the bench or realize that my mom is on the phone while eating a pretzel. I also don’t notice my shoes pressing against my feet or the glove enclosing my hand unless I shift my attention and think about
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advancing of technology and easy access of the internet. In the following essay the merits and pitfalls of being able to access large amounts of information from the internet will be discussed as well as trying to avoid the downside of operating in an “attention economy”. The internet has many advantages. Firstly on a social level‚ websites such as facebook‚ Twitter and MySpace‚ have allowed for people all over the world to be connected. It is a cheap‚ fast and easy way of communicating. More and more
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Hey you‚ yah you‚ yes I am talking to you!!! What is attention? Attention is “the act or power of carefully thinking about‚ listening to‚ or watching someone or something”. What does every functional human use on a daily base? The answer is very simple‚ it is attention. That moment when you read [pass tense] the title of this essay‚ you were using different types of attention like volunteering‚ and attraction. You were using voluntary‚ because you probably thought the title was interesting. You
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In the article "Attention"‚ the writer John Medina explains the concept of how the brain works when it comes to paying attention. Medina embarks the different components that makes us pay attention like memory‚ emotions‚ interests or subjects‚ and awareness. He also argues how multitasking cannot be done when it comes to perform several tasks that require high level attention. This is important because it makes me think about myself as a scholar and how I am always trying to multitask as a way for
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great number of distractions‚ but the child may also drift off into his/her own dream world instead of keeping track of what is going on. Many children with an ASD have attention deficits and are easily distracted. Whether distractions caused by other children in the class‚ or by the flickering of fluorescent strip lights‚ once attention is lost it means that the child is not concentrating on the learning matter in hand. In group learning discussions children with ASD are very shy and they show interest
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Critically review the evidence supporting Schneider & Shiffrin’s model of automation and evaluate the extent to which it explains evidence from studies of divided attention. In everyday speech we use the word attention to include several kinds of mental activity. Psychologists also use the word in many different contexts. Attention can refer to the kind of concentration on a mental task in which you select certain kinds of perceptual stimuli for further processing‚ while trying to exclude other
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CH 3 Mechanisms of Attention: Monitoring and Noticing Information I. Attention: What Is It? A. Basic Characteristics 1-Limited capacity − Visual attention limits are described with a spotlight metaphor − Auditory attention limits are described with gateway metaphor 2- Flexibility − Easily shift attention based on situational demands 3- Voluntary control − We can control how we direct our attention B. Pre-Attentive vs. Post-Attentive Processing
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