Becoming Conscious of That Which We Are Apparently Ignoring: How the Detection of Acoustic Change Can Result in a Forced Intrusion Into Consciousness.
We live in a busy and complex world, so the ability to focus our attention on relevant information at the expense of the irrelevant is essential in allowing us to avoid distraction. However, it is also important that our attention be captured by external stimuli that, although irrelevant to the task...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36601 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-20881 |