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When multiple external sensory inputs are present, the process of dedicating cognitive and perceptual resources to one type/set of input and attenuating receptiveness to other inputs.

Alias(es)

controlled attention, directed attention

Definition contributed by Anonymous

Asserted relationships to other concepts

selective attention
is a kind of

  • attention
  • selective attention
    is a part of

  • selective control
  • are a kind of
    selective attention

  • spatial selective attention
  • are a part of
    selective attention

    No associations

    Tasks that are asserted to measure selective attention

    Task Contrast Measure

    Stroop task
    • incongruent minus congruent
    • incongruent minus congruent depending on the congruency condicition of the previous trial

    attention networks test
    • Cue minus no cue: attention orienting

    Verbal Interference Test
    • cognitive regulation

    Stroop-like Arrows Task
    • correct response

    audio-visual target detection task
    • accuracy without distractors minus accuracy with distractors

    visual pursuit/tracking
    • path of eye movements

    Term BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Neural mechanisms of selective visual attention.
    Desimone R, Duncan J
    Annual review of neuroscience (Annu Rev Neurosci)
    1995