Presentation on theme: "Attention & Consciousness cont."— Presentation transcript: 1 Attention & Consciousness cont. Show
2 Last Class Types of Attention
3 Today’s Class Continuation of Attention Discussion Consciousness 4 Selective Attention: Visual Search 5 Selective Attention: Visual Search 6 Selective Attention:
Visual Search 7 Selective Attention: Saccadic Eye Movements During Reading
8 Selective Attention: Saccadic Eye Movements During Reading 9 Selective Attention: Saccadic Eye Movements During Reading
10 Explanations for Attention
11 Explanations for Attention: The Orienting Attention Network 12 Explanations for Attention: Executive Attention Network
13 Explanations for Attention: Theories of Attention 14 Explanations for Attention: Feature-Integration
15 Explanations for Attention: Feature-Integration 16 Consciousness
17 Consciousness Consciousness is related to but not identical to attention Consciousness is the awareness people have about the outside world and their perceptions, images, thoughts, memories, and feelings
Attention is the concentration of mental activity that allows you to take in a limited portion of the vast stream of information available from both the sensory world and memory 18 Consciousness Consciousness is associated with
19 Consciousness: Inability to Bring Thoughts into Consciousness
20 Consciousness: Thought Suppression 21 Consciousness: Blindsight
22 Consciousness: Blindsight 23 Midterm I FeB 3rd, 2016 24 Midterm Exam: Feb 3rd Exam will
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25 Midterm Exam: Feb 3rd For exam Bring pencil and eraser
26 Midterm Exam: Multiple Choice Examples
27 Midterm Exam: Multiple Choice Examples 28 Midterm Examples: Fill-in the blanks 29
Midterm Exam: Open Answer Question Example What is the current status of the bottleneck theory of attention?What is the current status of the bottleneck theory of attention? It is not flexible enough to explain human attention. According to Anne Treisman's feature-integration theory.
What is being measured in the resting state fMRI method?Resting-state fMRI measures spontaneous low-frequency fluctuations in the BOLD signal to investigate the functional architecture of the brain. Application of this technique has allowed the identification of various RSNs, or spatially distinct areas of the brain that demonstrate synchronous BOLD fluctuations at rest.
What is selective attention quizlet?selective attention. the focusing of attention on selected aspects of the environment and the blocking out of others.
When individuals experience divided attention to two or more tasks or activities performed at the same time they engage in?- When people multitask, they try to accomplish two or more tasks at the same time. When people are multitasking, they strain the limits of attention, as well as the limits of their working memory and their long-term memory.
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