Structures and function of selective attention.

Citation

Posner, M. I. (1988). Structures and function of selective attention. In T. Boll & B. K. Bryant (Eds.), The Master lecture series, Vol. 7. Clinical neuropsychology and brain function: Research, measurement, and practice (pp. 173-202). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/10063-005

Abstract

attempts to develop a framework within which the relation between cognition and brain systems can be better understood / discuss it with respect to an understanding of the mechanisms of selective attention
review effects of unilateral brain lesions on the cognitive operations of visual spatial orienting, citing studies that show how damage to this system affects pattern recognition
review evidence relating attention to language and attention to visual locations in order to construct a general picture of the structure of the attention system
apply our knowledge about the structure and function of attention to a condition whose organic basis is unknown—schizophrenia
facilitation and inhibition / neglect (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)