Visualizing Dynamic Ambient/Focal Attention with Coefficient $$K$$

I compare the concepts of “activation” and “storage” as foundations of short-term memory, and suggest that an attention-based view of STM does not need to posit specialized short-term stores. In particular, no compelling evidence supports the hypothesis of time-limited stores. Identifying sources of activation, examining the role of activated procedural knowledge, and studying working memory development are central issues in modelling capacity-limited focal attention.

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Detecting the presence of a singleton does not require focal attention

Journal of Vision ◽

10.1167/9.8.212 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. 212-212

Author(s):

H. Egeth ◽

J. Moher

Keyword(s):

Focal Attention

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Inhibitory Tagging on Randomly Moving Objects

Psychological Science ◽

10.1111/1467-9280.00423 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 125-129 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Hirokazu Ogawa ◽

Yuji Takeda ◽

Akihiro Yagi

Keyword(s):

Moving Objects ◽

Inhibitory Effect ◽

Detection Task ◽

Moving Target ◽

Search Performance ◽

Probe Detection ◽

Focal Attention ◽

Object Based ◽

Tagging Effect

Inhibitory tagging is a process that prevents focal attention from revisiting previously checked items in inefficient searches, facilitating search performance. Recent studies suggested that inhibitory tagging is object rather than location based, but it was unclear whether inhibitory tagging operates on moving objects. The present study investigated the tagging effect on moving objects. Participants were asked to search for a moving target among randomly and independently moving distractors. After either efficient or inefficient search, participants performed a probe detection task that measured the inhibitory effect on search items. The inhibitory effect on distractors was observed only after inefficient searches. The present results support the concept of object-based inhibitory tagging.

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The Hierarchy in the Temporary Interaction Micro-processes that Precede the Breaking Points of Focal Attention in an Object of the New Media

Advances in Human Factors and System Interactions - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-79816-1_8 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 63-68

Author(s):

Lorena Olmos Pineda ◽

Jorge Gil Tejeda

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Focal Attention ◽

Breaking Points

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Binary oppositions and what focuses in focal attention

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x99412026 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 383-384

Author(s):

Cyril Latimer

Keyword(s):

Visual Processing ◽

Focal Attention ◽

Early Visual Processing ◽

Convincing Case ◽

Binary Oppositions

Pylyshyn makes a convincing case that early visual processing is cognitively impenetrable, and although I question the utility of binary oppositions such as penetrable/impenetrable, for the most part I am in agreement. The author does not provide explicit designations or denotations for the terms penetrable and impenetrable, which appear quite arbitrary. Furthermore, the use of focal attention smacks of an homunculus, and the account appears to slip too easily between the perceptual, the cognitive, and the neurophysiological.

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