PSY 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sensory Memory, Cerebral Cortex, Visual Cortex
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William james (1890): taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Focalization, concentration, of consciousness are of its essence. Implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others. Luck and vecera (2000): restricting cognitive processes to a subset of the available information in order to improve the speed or accuracy of the cognitive processes. Attending to something you feel you are putting more effort into processing that effort. Sustained concentration, trying to concentrate on one thing over a long period of time. Selective processing of a subset of possible sensory inputs. We are consistently having sensory inputs that take in information yet we have the ability to process and ignore other types of inputs. Selective processing of a subset of possible tasks. At any given time, you can do multiple tasks but we can select which one we want to do.
