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process > cognitive process > attentional process > focus of attention

Preferred term

focus of attention  

Definition

  • In some models of working memory, process whereby attention is directed to a subset of activated information in working memory, making them more readily accessible. Depending on the authors, the focus of attention is limited to one or four chunks of information.

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • attentional focus
  • attentional focusing

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Beaudry, O., Neath, I., Surprenant, A. M., & Tehan, G. (2014). The focus of attention is similar to other memory systems rather than uniquely different. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00056

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Cowan,N.(1999). An embedded-processes model of working memory. In A. Myake & P. Shah (Eds.), Models of Working Memory: Mechanisms of Active Maintenance and Executive Control, (pp. 32-101). Cambridge University Press.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Oberauer, K. (2013). The focus of attention in working memory--from metaphors to mechanisms. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00673

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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In other languages

  • focus attentionnel

    French

  • focalisation attentionnelle
  • focus de l'attention
  • scope attentionnel

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