Attention

Question 1

what is attention

Answer 1

the behavioural and cognitive process of selectively concentrating on a discrete aspect of information, whether subjective or objective while ignoring other perceivable information.

Question 2

bottom-up is what?

Answer 2

subconscious control

Question 3

top-down is what?

Answer 3

executive function

Question 4

what is alerting?

Answer 4

vigilant readiness in anticipation of requiring of attentional focus

Question 5

what brain areas are involved in alerting?

Answer 5

1. right frontal
2. parietal
3. locus coruleus

Question 6

what is orienting

Answer 6

sleeting relevant stimuli to. which to direct one’s focus

Question 7

what brain areas are involved in orienting

Answer 7

1. superior parietal
2. temporo-parietal junction
3. frontal eye fields
   4.superior colliculus

Question 8

what is conflict monitoring

Answer 8

resolving competing thoughts, feelings and responses

Question 9

what brain areas are involved in conflict monitoring

Answer 9

1. anterior cingulate
2. lateral ventral
3. prefrontal cortex
4. basal ganglia

Question 10

how to measure alerting

Answer 10

attentional blink

Question 11

how to measure orienting

Answer 11

dichotic listening

Question 12

how to measure conflict monitoring

Answer 12

stroop test