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Clarifies the complex concept of selective attention - how the brain is able to select information form the vast amount available to it - and provides a clear and explicit theory of central importance to psychologists.

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CONTENTS
List of figures and tables = ⅹ
Acknowledgements = xiv
1 The approach = 1
 1.0 Introduction = 1
 1.1 A realist theory of science = 3
 1.2 Against behaviourism = 5
 1.3 Toward a realist theory of science = 7
 1.4 Attention = 9
 1.5 Tools : experiments = 12
 1.6 The explicandum : the behaviouristic variant = 15
 1.7 The explicans : the information processor = 18
 1.8 Explanation : theory an data = 21
 1.9 Explanation : underdetemination? = 23
 1.10 Modularity, neurons and connectionism = 26
2 The topic = 31
 2.0 Introduction = 31
 2.1 Von Helmholtz = 32
 2.2 James = 34
 2.3 Attention, expectation and intention = 37
 2.4 Broadbent = 41
 2.5 Deutsch and Deutsch = 44
 2.6 Early, late and later = 47
 2.7 Selections = 50
 2.8 Attention, acuity and eye movements = 55
 2.9 Unlimited capacity in vision? = 59
 2.10 Simple versus complex = 62
3 Single-item detection and recognition tasks with accuracy as the dependent variable = 64
 3.0 The Start = 64
 3.1 A better start = 67
 3.2 Attention? = 70
 3.3 An empirical regularity = 72
 3.4 A Tentative a model = 74
 3.5 A detailed analysis = 78
 3.6 Benefits = 82
 3.7 Transient and sustained = 85
 3.8 Change, position and attention = 87
 3.9 An early operation = 90
 3.10 RSVP = 92
4 Single-item detection and recognition tasks with latency as the dependent variable = 97
 4.0 The field = 97
 4.1 The neutral condition = 99
 4.2 Symbolic cues = 102
 4.3 Location cues = 105
 4.4 Attention? = 108
 4.5 Location cues and 'spotlight' = 111
 4.6 Symbolic cues and 'movement' = 114
 4.7 The function of attention = 117
 4.8 Attention and eye movements = 120
 4.9 Inhibition = 123
 4.10 The stroop effect = 127
5 Multiple-item detection and recognition tasks with accuracy as the dependent variable = 131
 5.0 The partial-report task = 131
 5.1 The partial-report bar-probe task = 134
 5.2 Early selection? = 138
 5.3 Error analysis = 140
 5.4 Late selection? = 142
 5.5 M and W functions : localization = 144
 5.6 M and W functions : lateral masking = 148
 5.7 An alternative = 151
 5.8 Early selection : circular arrays = 157
 5.9 Eriksen's early research = 161
 5.10 Attention and processing = 165
6 Multiple-item detection and recognition tasks with latency as the dependent variable = 169
 6.0 The start = 169
 6.1 The stroop effect Ⅰ : non-equivalent items = 171
 6.2 The stroop effect Ⅱ : equivalent items = 173
 6.3 Objects = 176
 6.4 Spotlight with shifting focus = 180
 6.5 Zoom lens = 184
 6.6 Filtering costs : the Eriksen effect = 189
 6.7 Jonides : probability matching = 192
 6.8 Events = 197
 6.9 Capture in Stroop tasks : the Kahneman effect = 200
 6.10 The response competition logic = 205
7 Information processing = 208
 7.0 Introduction = 208
 7.1 Two levels = 210
 7.2 Time courses of stimulation-caused activation = 213
 7.3 Time courses in visual perception = 215
 7.4 Time courses in visual information processing = 218
 7.5 A synthesis : the Broca-Sulzer effect and a model = 223
 7.6 Lateral inhibition in vision = 226
 7.7 Space = 230
 7.8 Time = 233
 7.9 UC and LC again = 236
 7.10 Resources = 239
8 Attention, expectation and intention = 242
 8.0 Unlimited capacity and no selection = 242
 8.1 Actions and selections = 244
 8.2 A model for perception of visual objects = 247
 8.3 Attention = 251
 8.4 Attention : location cues = 255
 8.5 Attention and expectation : verbal and symbolic cues = 258
 8.6 Multiple simultaneous onsets = 264
 8.7 Intention = 269
 8.8 Response competition : equivalent response attributes = 274
 8.9 Response competition : non-equivalent response attributes = 277
 8.10 Conclusion = 280
References = 283
Name index = 301
Subject index = 306