APA 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Psychological Refractory Period, Cocktail Party, Stroop Effect
4 Apr 2016
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It is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Focalization and concentration on consciousness are of its essence. It implies withdrawal form some things in order to deal efectively with others". Limited capacity to engage in multiple cognitive and/or motor activities simultaneously. Selective to speciic environmental features when we perform motor skills. Both have implications for multi-tasking or dual-tasking which is common in almost all activities of daily living. Capacity of attention is lexible but there is a maximum amount. Only when this max amount is exceeded will performance sufer in one or both tasks. Multiple pools of attentional resources each with its own capacity and each designed to handle certain kinds of information processing. Decrements only if same pool is required but performance can go own relatively well if the tasks require diferent pools.
