preattentive processing
Unreviewed
background activity that necessarily precedes conscious mental activity; major purpose is the preparation of sensory input for use in focal-attentive processes including encoding of the basic properties of sensory input.
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Tasks that are asserted to measure preattentive processing
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Posner cueing task |
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