Attention and Pattern Recognition

Whilst attention is a term commonly used in everyday life, for many years psychologists have struggled in their attempts to explain what it actually means. Attention and Pattern Recognition introduces the main psychological research on attention and the methods that have been used to study it. It also examines the subdivisions of focused and divided attention and explores how people recognise patterns and faces. The Routledge Modular Psychology series is a completely new approach to introductory level psychology, tailor made to the new modular style of teaching. Each short book covers a topic in more detail than any large textbook can, allowing teacher and student to select material exactly to suit any particular course or project. The books have been written especially for those students new to higher-level study, whether at school, home, college or university. They include specially designed features to help with technique, such as a model essay at an average level with an examiner's comments to show how extra marks can be gained. The authors are all examiners and teachers at introductory level.

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Table of contents : List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Attention and Pattern Recognition. What is Attention? How is Attention Studied? What are Pattern and Face Recognition? How are Pattern and Face Recognition Studied? The Information Processing Approach. Summary. Focused Attention. Introduction. Focused Attention - Early Research. Broadbent's Theory - the Filter Model. Treisman's Theory - the Attenuator Model. Deutsch and Deutsch - the Pertinence Model. Early or Late Selection? Evaluation of Single Channel Models. Summary. Divided Attention. Introduction. Dual Task Experiments. Kahneman - Central Capacity Theory. Norman and Bobrow- Central Capacity Interference Theory. Multiple Channel Theories. Allport - Modules of Attention. Navon and Gopher - Multiple Resource Theory. Single or Multiple Processors? Summary. Automatic Processing and Action Slips. Introduction. Automatic Processing. Shiffrin and Schneider's Theory. Norman and Shallice's Theory. Automaticity or Memory? - The Instance Theory. Action Slips. Studies of Action Slips. Theories of Action Slips. Applying Theories of Action Slips. Summary. Pattern Recognition. Introduction. Template Matching Theories. Feature Detection Theories. Prototype Theories. Pattern Recognition: An Integrated View. The Role of Context and Expectations in Pattern Recognition. Summary. Face Recognition. Introduction. Studies of Face Recognition. Bruce and Young's Model. Burton, Bruce and Johnson's Model. Face Recognition in 'Real Life'. Summary. Study Aids. Improving your Essay-writing Skills. Practice Essay 1. Practice Essay 2. Key Research Summary 1 - Allport et al (1972). Key Research Summary 2 - Schneider and Shiffrin (1977). Key Research Summary 3 - Hubel (1963). Key Research Summary 4 - Young et al (1985). Glossary. References. Index.

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