Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The selection of task-relevant informa-tion from amongst task-irrelevant or distracting information is key to suc-cessful performance, and much debate has focused on the processing stage(s) at which this selection takes place. Early-selection theory claimed that the selec-tion of task-relevant information occurs at an early perceptual level of process-ing, so that only targets are perceptually encoded (Cherry, 1953; Broadbent, 1958). In contrast, late-selection theory claimed that both targets and distractors are per-ceptually encoded and that target selection occurs at a late post-perceptual level of
Source: Frontiers in Psychology
Author: Karina Linnell
Institution: Goldsmiths University of London
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,801
OpenAlex ID: W2000663241