Attention and Orienting: Sensory and Motivational Processes - Softcover

 
9781138964099: Attention and Orienting: Sensory and Motivational Processes
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ISBN 10: 1138964093 ISBN 13: 9781138964099
Publisher: Psychology Press, 2016

Synopsis

Orienting is the gateway to attention, the first step in processing stimulus information. This volume examines these initial stages of information intake, focusing on the sensory and motivational mechanisms that determine such phenomena as stimulus selection and inhibition, habituation, pre-attentive processing, and expectancy. Psychophysiological methods are emphasized throughout. The contributors consider analyses based on cardiovascular and electrodermal changes, reflex reactions, and neural events in the cortex and subcortex.

Stimulated by a conference lauding Frances Graham -- held before and during a recent meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, the book presents current theory and research by an international cadre of outstanding investigators. A major researcher and theorist in the field of attention for more than three decades, Dr. Graham contributes an Afterword to the present volume which is both a consideration of the work which has gone before, and a new, original theory paper on preattentive processing and attention.

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Marie Balaban, Peter J. Lang, Robert F. Simons, Robert Simons

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Publisher
Psychology Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138964093
ISBN 13 
9781138964099
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
510
Editor
Lang Peter J., Simons Robert F., Balaban Marie, Simons Robert

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