Split attention effect

years, because of all the bad things that could happen due to change blindness. Not only was I fascinated that our perception could miss small changes in our surroundings, but I was also terrified. The phenomenon of change blindness captured my attention, because of all of the accidents that could be caused by something like this. For example, change blindness…

Attentional Blink Trevor Endre Dr. Stella Francis PSY363 | Cognitive Psychology Argosy University February 16, 2018 Attentional Blink (AB, or ‘blink’) is “the phenomenon that the second of two targets cannot be detected or identified when it appears close in time to the first.” (Prof. Kimron L. Shapiro) Some experts believe that Attentional blink helps the brain ignore distractions while focusing on the original target. In the Cog Lab demonstration, a series of letters and numbers…

I was 23 before I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. As far back as Elementary school I knew that there was something “off” in the way that I processed information. That my ability to do well academically was somehow hindered by not having certain tools that I needed, tools I wasn’t even aware existed. In high school, I began to augment my deficits with strengths. Where my grades were lacking I made up for it through creativity; I excelled at art and photography. When I was 17 my…

Distracted and confused: Selective attention under load According to this article, Distracted and confused?: Selective attention under load, it is important to focus on goal-relevant stimuli when interfering distractors can make cognitive functions difficult (Lavie, 2005). Many individuals experience disruptions in their daily tasks, but it is not sufficient to simply ignore any stimuli that is irrelevant. This author stated that there was a longstanding debate as to whether focusing on…

Studies done by Stroop (1992) and Windes (1968) suggest that the Stroop effect occurs when performing a naming task which impacts reaction times. In the Stroop (1992) study found that color naming had a slower reaction time when the color words were printed in a different color, but even slower reaction time occurred when the color and word were completely separate from one another. The current experiment used Stroop task to determine the impacts of reaction times to test the hypothesis to see…

Both China and the Soviet Union aided and reinforced Vietnam during the Vietnam War; however they each helped Vietnam differently and had a dissimilar advice and counsel to Vietnam. With both China and Soviet Union, Ho Chi Minh never accepted direction from either of them, as he did with the French and the Japanese, but he does in fact receive openly their help and support for the war. Ho remains independent concerning the decisions made in North Vietnam, he is not dependent on the Soviet…

Innate Tendency to Read Words Saipriya Sagiraju University of Massachusetts Amherst Abstract Directed attention is a mechanism used by humans every day to manage their thoughts by inhibiting a stimuli in order to say or do something else; this tendency is also known as the Stroop effect. To test the effects of the Stroop task we conducted an experiment to examine if words on silhouettes have an effect on the reaction time of verbalizing the names of the animals on a silhouette sheet. We…

The more the human race develops, the more it finds ways to stay connected and engage with one another. Communication can now be easily carried out electronically in a matter of seconds, a process used by a typical consumer everyday. A process that is also essential to the world of business; a world that is full of advertisements with the basic intention to reach as many potential buyers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Social media and internet use by teenagers is at an all time peak. In…

Has your son or daughter spent too much time on there phone or laptop and have their eyesight been getting worse even so did you see any changes in their behavior. Especially in younger kids as the age of 1 years old don't be alarmed I have good news and bad news. The information I have found is on reliable resources and from real sites yet these are 5 sources with good amount of information on each source. Although people believe that it is educational, screen time should be limited for…

these intrusive means of promotion. All around society there is constantly something to draw one’s attention to. With that, it’s no wonder why people are less likely to find themselves doing tasks such as reading the newspaper, watching old films, or doing other things that aren’t as fast-paced as they are currently are. Both authors address the issue of attention today in Matthew Crawford’s piece “Attention as a Cultural Problem”, and Cathy Davidson’s “You Count While I Watch the Gorilla.”…