PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Frontal Lobe, Prefrontal Cortex, Occipital Lobe

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Roderick Barron

Document Summary

Part 2: learning about the world around us. The stimulus that is being attended to is only one of the many that are available. This leads us to two observations: you can choose to pay attention to any of the stimuli available, it seems we cannot pay attention to all of these stimuli at once. One of his famous quotes in the 19th century (cid:498)everyone knows what attention is. It is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Focalization, concentration, of consciousness are of its essence. Attended channel: the input they are paying attention to. This task is challenging at first, but becomes relatively easy. Participant"s shadowing performance is generally close to perfect: they repeat almost 100% of the words they hear.