PSYB51H3 : Detailed textbook notes
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Hence you cant read more than 2 books at a time. even if the letters are large. ^ general problem that the retinal array contains more information than that can be processed. -- we pay attention to some stimuli and not others. In this chapter, mostly concerned with selective attention. www. notesolution. com: selective attention - the form of attention involved when processing is restricted to a subset of possible stimuli. Cue is a stimulus that might indicate where(or what) a subsequent stimulus will be: valid cue when the probe appears in the cued location. rt is faster because the participant is paying attention to the current location: no cue condition rt is longe( =slower) compared to valid cue. Invalid cue occurs when the probe id misleading. Appears in the area opposite of the cued location. Stimulus onset asynchrony: the time between the onset of one stimulus and the onset of another.
