VISUAL ATTENTION: Control, Representation, and Time Course

▪ Abstract  Three central problems in the recent literature on visual attention are reviewed. The first concerns the control of attention by top-down (or goal-directed) and bottom-up (or stimulus-driven) processes. The second concerns the representational basis for visual selection, including how mu...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inAnnual review of psychology Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 269 - 297
Main Authors Egeth, Howard E., Yantis, Steven
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Palo Alto, CA Annual Reviews 01.01.1997
Annual Reviews, Inc
Subjects
Attention
Attention (Psychology)
Biological and medical sciences
Discrimination Learning
Eyes & eyesight
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Orientation
Perception
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reaction Time
Sensory perception
Vision
Visual Perception
Human
Mental representation
Vision
Information processing
Perception
Cognition
Review
Time analysis
Visual attention
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:▪ Abstract  Three central problems in the recent literature on visual attention are reviewed. The first concerns the control of attention by top-down (or goal-directed) and bottom-up (or stimulus-driven) processes. The second concerns the representational basis for visual selection, including how much attention can be said to be location- or object-based. Finally, we consider the time course of attention as it is directed to one stimulus after another.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-1
content type line 14
ObjectType-Review-3
content type line 23
ObjectType-Article-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
ISSN:0066-4308
1545-2085
DOI:10.1146/annurev.psych.48.1.269