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results when the conscious mind changes focus to sudden changes in the environment (big sound, intensity of light, unique situation etc.). The person is not prepared for the attention and the attention is not under control of the individual. The persons attention is less concerned with motives, interests, and needs and the stimulus is usually more important than any functional factors.

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involuntary attention
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involuntary attention
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are a kind of
involuntary attention

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involuntary attention

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Tasks that are asserted to measure involuntary attention

Task Contrast Measure

Posner cueing task
  • congruent response time - uncued response time
  • incongruent response time - congruent response time

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