PSY-P 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Optic Chiasm, Attentional Shift, Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
19 Apr 2017
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Pop-out effect: role of attention in memory/learning, dichotic listening task. Treis(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s ear s(cid:449)it(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g stud(cid:455: spotlight metaphor, automaticity. Visual neglect- brain disorder caused by damage; tendency to ignore things on one side of body (usually left: can predict that damage usually in right hemisphere (parietal lobe) Parallel pro(cid:272)essi(cid:374)g da(cid:373)aged; (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t take i(cid:374) lots of thi(cid:374)gs at o(cid:374)(cid:272)e: left hemisphere damage causes problems paying attention to details (serial processing, not visual problem- has to do with attention. May also not notice other sensory things (ie. left pant leg being wet) Can force yourself to remember to pay attention: symptoms: Reading only 1 side of a page. Shaving one half of face: exp. For clock, no numbers on left side. For cat, might have whole head but no left legs: exp. Subjects shown pictures of houses, asked to decide which one they would buy. For picture with porch on right side, would notice that.
