Essays about: "orienting attention"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 essays containing the words orienting attention.

  1. 6. Alarm signals, can a change of siren speed capture human attention?

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik

    Author : Tomas Hansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Alarm system; Irrelevant sound; Deviant; Orienting response;

    Abstract : An effective alarm system is a critical part of many different types of jobs. It is also important that the alarm signal can capture human attention and convey appropriate urgency. READ MORE

  3. 7. Visual Attentional Capture Resists Modulation in Singleton Search under Verbal Working Memory Load

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Martin Johansson; [2016]
    Keywords : singleton search; visual attention; attentional orienting; selective attention; attentional capture; top - down; bottom - up; verbal working memory; AVGP; trait anxiety;

    Abstract : Visual attentional capture is a form of visual attentional selection that is automatic and involuntary in nature, and is of high adaptive value as it allows visual attention to be oriented in a reflexive manner towards visual information without necessarily being guided by pre-existing knowledge, goals, and plans. According to the load-hypothesis (Lavie & De Fockert, 2005), attentional capture of salient stimuli increases under load on working memory due to disruption of stimulus-processing priorities. READ MORE