Attention - 9781138200388

Taylor & Francis

AttentionSelective Processes in Vision and Hearing\nAuthor(s): Neville Moray\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138200388, 978-1138200388\nSynopsis\nThe early years of modern experimental psychology were marked by a considerable amount of research on attention, and much work was carried out in the laboratories of Wundt, Titchener and Helmholtz.\n\nFor various reasons, research on attention declined from 1920 until the 1950s. Under the early philosophy of behaviourism, attention became suspect as a mentalistic concept. At the time of original publication in 1969, however, much work had been done to quantify and make objective research in this area. This was of increasing importance in a world dominated by communication networks, and man-machine systems, in which the human element is the weakest link due to the limits on the rate at which man can handle information.\n\nFollowing the publication of Broadbents Percept.