Controlled processing, 93
Covert attention, 102
Dichotic listening, 84
Dictionary unit, 86
Divided attention, 82
Early selection model, 84
Endogenous attention, 98
Exogenous attention, 98
Eye tracker, 99
Feature integration theory, 104
Fixation, 99
Flanker compatibility task, 88
Focused attention stage, 105
High-load tasks, 87
Illusory conjunctions, 105
Inattentional blindness, 96
Incompatible fl anker, 88
Late selection model, 87
Location-based attention, 102
Low-load tasks, 87
Object-based attention, 102
Overt attention, 98Preattentive stage, 104
Precueing, 102
Saccadic eye movements, 99
Same-object advantage, 103
Scene schema, 100
Selective attention, 82
Shadowing, 84
Stimulus salience, 100
Stroop effect, 89Media RESOURCES
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CogLab
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Primary Labs
Stroop eff ect How reaction time to naming font colors is
affected by the presence of confl icting information from
words. (p. 89)
Change detection A task involving detecting changes in
alternating scenes. (p. 96)Spatial cueing How cueing attention affects reaction time to
the cued area. Evidence for the spotlight model of attention.
(p. 102)Related Labs
Attentional blink How paying attention to one stimulus
affects the ability to attend to a subsequent stimulus.Simon eff ect How speed and accuracy of responding is
affected by the location of the response to a stimulus.Von Restorff eff ect How the distinctiveness of a stimulus can
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