Objects and Attention

An overview of object-based models of attention.

One of the most important and controversial topics in the field of visual attention is the nature of the units of attentional selection. Traditional models have characterized attention in spatial terms, as a "spotlight" that moves around the visual field, applying processing resources to whatever falls within that spatial region. Recent models of attention, in contrast, suggest that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262692805
• ISBN13: 9780262692809
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher