TY - JOUR
T1 - Attention and Preattention
AU - Egeth, Howard
N1 - Funding Information:
’ The research reported in this chapter was supported in part by a grant fiom the National Science Founcation (BMS 76-01227). and in part by a contract between the Office of Naval Research (Engineering, Psychology Programs) and The John Hopkins University. I would like to thank Alfonso Caramazza, James Pomerantz, and Steven Shwartz for valuable ideas and assistance.
PY - 1977/1/1
Y1 - 1977/1/1
N2 - This chapter discusses the model of processing along with its characteristics: (1) perceptual processing may proceed on several independent channels simultaneously; (2) an input receives the same perceptual analysis regardless of whether or not it is “attended”; and (3) stimulus encoding is effortless; capacity limitations in human information processing are because of stages subsequent to encoding devoted to a discussion of evidence pertaining to these three propositions. The independent channels model appears to be an excellent first approximation to reality. The hypothesis that inputs receive the same perceptual analysis whether or not they are attended seems not decisively refutable on the basis of existing evidence.
AB - This chapter discusses the model of processing along with its characteristics: (1) perceptual processing may proceed on several independent channels simultaneously; (2) an input receives the same perceptual analysis regardless of whether or not it is “attended”; and (3) stimulus encoding is effortless; capacity limitations in human information processing are because of stages subsequent to encoding devoted to a discussion of evidence pertaining to these three propositions. The independent channels model appears to be an excellent first approximation to reality. The hypothesis that inputs receive the same perceptual analysis whether or not they are attended seems not decisively refutable on the basis of existing evidence.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60480-6
DO - 10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60480-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957068652
SN - 0079-7421
VL - 11
SP - 277
EP - 320
JO - Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory
JF - Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory
IS - C
ER -