PSY270H1 Lecture Notes - Occipital Lobe, Visual Search, Parietal Lobe
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+ more we pay attention to one thing, the expense of our environment Overt: paying attention overtly not just looking at it, but focusing our mind on it as well as look at it. + directing sense organs towards a stimulus source. Covert: looking at someone talking but paying attention to somewhere else. Look at one direction but have the mind focused somewhere else. Sustained: paying attention for a long period of time. Important for focus, processing information challenge if trying to pay attention for a very long time. + limitations on how long we can pay attention to ;; tasks get difficult after a prolonged period of time. + level of attention that produces consistent results on a task over time. + ability to direct and focus cognitive activity on specific stimuli. Can be taken to extreme supremely distractable, trouble focusing.
