Selective Attention
The cognitive system’s ability to selectively focus on specific information while suppressing irrelevant stimuli.
A focused guide to attentional processes, explaining how filters operate, how switching occurs, and why cognitive resources remain inherently limited.
The cognitive system’s ability to selectively focus on specific information while suppressing irrelevant stimuli.
The ability to maintain consistent attentional focus over extended periods, especially when stimulation is low or monotonous.
The ability to allocate cognitive resources across multiple tasks or information streams simultaneously, often resulting in reduced performance due to shared capacity limits.
The ability to allocate cognitive resources across multiple tasks or information streams simultaneously, often resulting in reduced performance due to shared capacity limits.
Cognitive tunneling is a state in which attention becomes excessively focused on a single information source, causing the individual to stop processing other relevant cues.
Inattentional blindness is the failure to notice a visible, relevant stimulus because attention is fully occupied by another task.
The Stroop effect is the performance slowdown that occurs when an automatic process (reading a word) conflicts with a controlled process (naming the color of the ink).
Executive functions are a set of higher‑order control processes that regulate goal‑directed behavior.
Task switching refers to shifting from one mental set or task rule to another.