Neural Foundations of Behavior BCS 110 Attention & Spatial Representations flash cards

Set: Neural Foundations of Behavior BCS 110 Attention & Spatial Representations

Term	Definition
Attention	The ability to process only the visual stimulus relevant for the current behavior (to a large extent you are blind to everything else)
Covert Attention	voluntary orienting
Overt Attention	Automatic orienting, when there is a sudden change in an image, then you are automatically paying attention to it, inhibition of return, fastest when the cue & the target are at the same place, slowest however when you wait 300ms when the cue & target are at the same place