PSYC 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Anne Treisman, Developmental Disorder, Feature Integration Theory
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Focusing on specific features of the environment or on certain thoughts or activities. Anne treisman"s model of selective attention that proposes that selection occurs in two stages. In the first stage, an attenuator analyzes the incoming message and lets through the attended message and also the unattended message, but at a lower (attenuated) strength. In treisman"s model of selective attention, the attenuator analyzes the incoming message in terms of physical characteristics, language, and meaning. Attended messages pass through the attenuator at full strength, and unattended messages pass though with reduced strength. A developmental disorder in which one of the major symptoms is withdrawal of contact from other people. People with autism often direct their attention differently from people without autism. Processing that occurs automatically, without the person intending to do it, and that also uses few cognitive resources. Automatic processing is associated with easy or well-practiced tasks.
