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Additional Reading
Harold E. Pashler, The Psychology of Attention (1998), is an overview of the subject; D.E. Broadbent, Perception and Communication (1958, reprinted 1987), presents an approach to the study of attention that uses communication theory; Carl M. Stroh, Vigilance: The Problem of Sustained Attention (1971), is an account of the factors influencing vigilance, its physiological correlates, and theories of vigilance performance; Raja Parasuraman (ed.), The Attentive Brain (1998) and John E. Richards (ed.), Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention: A Developmental Perspective (1998) discuss research issues in cognitive science; Nelson Cowan, Attention and Memory: An Integrated Framework (1995, reissued 1997), propounds a theory on the processes of working memory.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Attention. | Mar 18, 2024 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 24, 2022 | ||
| Added video. | Jun 09, 2015 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Attention. | Aug 06, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 13, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 10, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |