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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454351003321

Autore

Wright Richard D. <1956->

Titolo

Orienting of attention [[electronic resource] /] / Richard D. Wright, Lawrence M. Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-52900-1

9786611529000

0-19-802997-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WardLawrence M

Disciplina

153.7/33

Soggetti

Attention

Visual perception

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Studying Attention Shifts With Location Cueing; Chapter 3 Properties of the Attentional Focal Point; Chapter 4 Sensory and Attentional Mediation of Covert Orienting; Chapter 5 Sequential Attention Shifts; Chapter 6 Eye Movements and Attention Shifts; Chapter 7 Physiology of Attention Shifts; Chapter 8 Crossmodal Attention Shifts; Chapter 9 Epilogue; References; Figure Credits; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a succinct introduction to the orienting of attention. Richard Wright and Lawrence Ward describe the covert orienting literature clearly and concisely, illustrating it with numerous high-quality images, specifically designed to make the challenging theoretical concepts very accessible. The book begins with an historical introduction that provides a great deal of information about orienting, much of which will be new even to seasoned researchers. Wright and Ward then systematically describe the development of various experimental paradigms that have been devised to study covert ori