PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Olfactory Bulb, Nociceptor, Cocktail Party
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N cocktail party phenomenon: ability to focus on a single conversation in the midst of a chaotic cocktail party. N attention selection is not an all or none process that eliminates unattended stimuli. N filter theory: a theory that people have a limited capacity for sensory information and thus a screen of incoming information, letting in only the most important. N early selection theory: a theory that we can choose the stimuli to which we attend before we process their basic features. N late selection theory: a theory that people take in the sensory information, process it, and then select which aspects of the stimuli should be attended after processing. N different visual features of objects are analyzed by different systems. N time it takes to find target increases linearly with the number of distractions (more distractions = more time to analyze) N attention helps integrate features so that we can correctly perceive objects faster.
