CGSC 1001 Lecture 11: Attention

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Cognitive Science
• Course: CGSC 1001
• Professor: Myrto Mylopoulos

Document Summary

Recap: a methodological puzzle (block 2008: binocular rivalry. ***this part of the brain is responsible for face recognition*** ***the fusiform face area (ffa) is a part of the human visual system that, it is speculated, is specialized for facial recognition. It is located in the fusiform gyrus**: visual extinction and the case of gk. Is it possible to have conscious experiences that we can"t access: partial report paradigms. Perli(cid:374)g(cid:859)s (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1013)6(cid:1004)(cid:895) e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts o(cid:374) i(cid:272)o(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:373)e(cid:373)or(cid:455) usi(cid:374)g partial report paradig(cid:373) Global neuronal workspace theory (baars 1988; dehaene & naccache 2001) Three different kinds of access? (dehaene & naccache 2001: distinguish between three different ki(cid:374)ds of (cid:862)a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess(cid:863) Information encoded in the nervous system that is permanently inaccessible. I(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) that is (cid:862)i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)ta(cid:272)t(cid:863) (cid:449)ith the gw a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ould (cid:271)e a(cid:272)(cid:272)essi(cid:271)le if it (cid:449)ere atte(cid:374)ded to. Information that is attended to and made available via the gw. Selective attention: our ability to focus on task-relevant information while ignoring other irrelevant information.