trm_4a3fd79d0a700 Cognitive Atlas : Lexicon : involuntary attention RDF output for 'involuntary attention' InteractiveResource Cognitive Atlas Cognitive Atlas RDF Generator Natalie Picchetti 2011-04-12 09:55:50 text/rdf en Generated by testgen.php on Sat Feb 11 0:35:06 PST 2012. Revision 3: 2 previous definitions. See http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/id/trm_4a3fd79d0a700 for complete revision history. http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept SKOS properties defined in http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-primer/#secrel results when the conscious mind changes focus to sudden changes in the environment (big sound, intensity of light, unique situation etc.). The person is not prepared for the attention and the attention is not under control of the individual. The persons attention is less concerned with motives, interests, and needs and the stimulus is usually more important than any functional factors. involuntary attention Attention involuntary attention is measured by the contrast of incongruent response time - congruent response time trials in the Posner cueing task involuntary attention is measured by the contrast of congruent response time - uncued response time trials in the Posner cueing task