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Importance All assume a single, general purpose, limited capacity Allport

Gray & Wedderburn of meaning central processor [1980]

{
[1960]
Multi-channel
Filter model Attenuation model Pertinence model theories
Split-span [Broadbent,
procedure 1954] [Broadbent, [Treisman, 1960] [Deutsch & Deutsch, Late selection
1958] 1963; Norman, 1968]
Early Theories of selective
selection auditory attention probabilistic
Shadowing filtering [Massaro, 1989]
Shadowing multiple-resource
Dichotic theory [Navon &
Selective Dual-task Gopher, 1979;
listening technique
Cocktail [Broadbent, 1954] or focused Capacity Wickens, 1992]
party or divided
phenomenon
[Cherry, 1953]

Task
difficulty Practice
Task similarity
ATTENTION [Schneider & Shiffrin,
Stroop 1977] automaticity
Theories of
focused Automatic
visual attention covert attention [Posner, 1980]
effect vs.
controlled Theories of
processing focused divided attention Synthesis

objects . attention
fully automatic
model

.
Internal Zoom-lens =variable Feature- Working memory
vs. processing Limited-capacity model
mental spotlight model beam integration theory partially automatic
spotlight features theories [Baddeley, 1986]
[Norman (contention
.
[Erikson, 1990] [Treisman, 1988] & scheduling)
Shallice, deliberate control
La Berge [1983] 1986] (supervisory
visual search attentional Kahneman's Central Capacity
Neisser & procedure system/SAS) theory [1973] interference theory
Becklen [1975]
. rapid, parallel visual [features]
Action
slips
[Reason,
Arousal
(available capacity)
[Norman &
Bobrow, 1975]

..
processing (1st stage) 1979] Enduring

. slow, serial, visual


processing (2nd stage) [objects] ..
Storage failures
Test failures
Sub-routine failures
dispositions
Central
Resource-limited
vs.
data-limited
. Discrimination failures
Programme assembly failures
allocation
policy
processes

Visual attention
and brain damage
Momentary Evaluation
Closed intentions of mental effort
unilateral Schema theory: demands on
vs. parent vs. child
parietal visual neglect open-loop capacity
lobe damage schemas
control [Sellen & Norman,
[Reason, 1992] 1992] Focused attention

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