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Terme préférentiel

focus of attention  

Définition

  • 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.

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • attentional focus
  • attentional focusing

Appartient au groupe

Référence(s) bibliographique(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]

Créateur

  • Frank Arnould

Traductions

  • français

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

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