A new perspective on the perceptual selectivity of attention under load
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A new perspective on the perceptual selectivity of attention under load. / Giesbrecht, Barry; Sy, Jocelyn; Bundesen, Claus; Kyllingsbæk, Søren.
I: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Bind 1316, Nr. The Year in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2014, s. 71-86.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - A new perspective on the perceptual selectivity of attention under load
AU - Giesbrecht, Barry
AU - Sy, Jocelyn
AU - Bundesen, Claus
AU - Kyllingsbæk, Søren
N1 - © 2014 New York Academy of Sciences.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The human attention system helps us cope with a complex environment by supporting the selective processing of information relevant to our current goals. Understanding the perceptual, cognitive, and neural mechanisms that mediate selective attention is a core issue in cognitive neuroscience. One prominent model of selective attention, known as load theory, offers an account of how task demands determine when information is selected and an account of the efficiency of the selection process. However, load theory has several critical weaknesses that suggest that it is time for a new perspective. Here we review the strengths and weaknesses of load theory and offer an alternative biologically plausible computational account that is based on the neural theory of visual attention. We argue that this new perspective provides a detailed computational account of how bottom-up and top-down information is integrated to provide efficient attentional selection and allocation of perceptual processing resources.
AB - The human attention system helps us cope with a complex environment by supporting the selective processing of information relevant to our current goals. Understanding the perceptual, cognitive, and neural mechanisms that mediate selective attention is a core issue in cognitive neuroscience. One prominent model of selective attention, known as load theory, offers an account of how task demands determine when information is selected and an account of the efficiency of the selection process. However, load theory has several critical weaknesses that suggest that it is time for a new perspective. Here we review the strengths and weaknesses of load theory and offer an alternative biologically plausible computational account that is based on the neural theory of visual attention. We argue that this new perspective provides a detailed computational account of how bottom-up and top-down information is integrated to provide efficient attentional selection and allocation of perceptual processing resources.
U2 - 10.1111/nyas.12404
DO - 10.1111/nyas.12404
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24716751
VL - 1316
SP - 71
EP - 86
JO - Annals of The Lyceum of Natural History of New York
JF - Annals of The Lyceum of Natural History of New York
SN - 0077-8923
IS - The Year in Cognitive Neuroscience
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