Research into the behavioural and physiological correlates of attention is central to everyday skills and those requiring sustained attention or vigilance. Part of a series of units aimed primarily at A/S and A-level students, this volume addresses various aspects of this topic.

Part 1 Paying attention? Part 2 Why study attention? Part 3 Bottleneck models of attention: Broadbent's filter theory
Triesman's attenuation theory
top-down versus bottom-up processing
Deutsch and Deutsch late selection model. Part 4 Dividing attention: input processing in parallel
output processing in parallel. Part 5 Attention and skill: automatic performance
skills learning. Part 6 Capacity theory: limited central processor
resource allocation
attention as skill. Part 7 Sustained attention or vigilance: improving vigilance performance.