limited capacity attention

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6 - Attention Mind Map on limited capacity attention, created by db56hse on 15/05/2013.
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limited capacity attention
  1. brain limited in amount of information in outside world it can take in at one time
    1. Kahneman: within the brain is a 'limited-capacity central processor' responsible for analysing incoming information and integrating it with that already held
      1. idea supported by dual-task study that found people responded more slowly to a letter and a tone presented simultaneously
        1. replicated study requiring different responses found that response time was not slowed - suggests that may have different pools of resources for different tasks - not one central processor
          1. led to multiple resource theories of attention although difficult to establish how they are divided for different senses / information
            1. could be different levels of the system
            2. idea is important as we are aware of processing limitations in everyday life - different kinds of theory useful in stimulating research into how 'system' works
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