A selective review of selective attention research from the past century.
Research on attention is concerned with selective processing of incoming sensory information. To some extent, our awareness of the world depends on what we choose to attend, not merely on the stimulation entering our senses. British psychologists have made substantial contributions to this topic in...
| Published in: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 53 - 79 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
February 2001
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