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CONCEPT
selective attention
When multiple external sensory inputs are present, the process of dedicating cognitive and perceptual resources to one type/set of input and attenuating receptiveness to other inputs.

Classified under Attention
Synonyms: controlled attention, directed attention
Definition contributed by ABakkour about ten months ago.

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audio-visual target-detection task
  • accuracy without distractors minus accuracy with distractors
 

visual pursuit/tracking
  • path of eye movements
 
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Neural mechanisms of selective visual attention.
Desimone R, Duncan J
Annual review of neuroscience (Annu Rev Neurosci)
1995
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