PSYCO258 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Stroop Effect, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, Attentional Blink

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO258
• Professor: Blaine Mullins

Document Summary

Train accidents in bc and california were caused by lack of attention of conductors (distracted by cell phones) Acknowledged the 2 advance warning signals but still didn"t stop at the red signal. As a result, cellphones are banned from cabs in the us and canada. William james: attention is withdrawing from some things to effectively deal with others opposite of attention is distraction. Pashler: no one really knows what attention is (if it even exists) attention is complex and can have a variety of meanings. Filters, consciously processes and highlights important information (makes experiences more salient) Made of mental processes with stages and components. Limited resources can"t pay attention to everything at once. Selective you only pay attention to things that you select. In order to shift attention, you must disengage from one task and engage in another (harder for children)