KINESIOL 1E03 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Textbook
19 Oct 2016
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Attention; taking possession by the mine, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seems several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought; focalization. Many thoughts are fighting for the power of the conscious. Directive process of thinking: dynamic thinking process. Withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others. There is a limit to the amount of attention that can be allocated: must change as the demands of the task change. Depending on the simplicity of tasks the attention resources. When performing a skilled task the information processed can range from can be divided in different ways relevant to irrelevant: performer must cope with the overload of information action, future actions, etc. Must shift attention skillfully between environmental events, There is proof the some processing can occur (cid:498)in parallel(cid:499) without attention (stimulus identification stage) Therefore must switch attention between competing sources. Sustained attention tends to wane after extended periods of information processing.
