The role of cognitive control in selective attention : the effects of working memory load and multiple task coordination on distractor rejection

In this thesis, I propose that selective attention ensures that behaviour is driven by relevant rather than irrelevant stimuli by means of two separate mechanisms, an "early selection" mechanism, which allows for exclusion of irrelevant stimuli from perception and depends on perceptual loa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hirst, A. S.
Published: University of Cambridge 1999
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.604094