Lecture 12 - Eye movements and attention

Question 1

attention is the process by which the mind chooses from among the various ……. that stike the …….. at any……

Answer 1

stimuli, senses, given moment

Question 2

name the 2 models for attention

Answer 2

early and late selection

Question 3

early auditory ….. responses are affected by attention

Answer 3

cortical

Question 4

early selection neurons which deal with registration and perceptual analysis are located in which 3 locations?

Answer 4

retina, thalamus and inner ear

Question 5

in dichotic listening, 2 streams of info go into the left and right ears - one is ignored. to which level does the ignored input not make it?

Answer 5

to the conscious perceptual level

Question 6

what is exogenous attention?

Answer 6

automatic, bottom up and transient attention

Question 7

what is endogenous attention?

Answer 7

sustained, voluntary and top down attention

Question 8

what is spatial attention?

Answer 8

attention to a specific location in space irrespective of what is present at that location

Question 9

what is feature based attention? give an example

Answer 9

attention to specific stimulus features, looking for the colour red on someone or looking for a specfic person in a crowd

Question 10

which type of attention is when you are paying attention to an entire object?

Answer 10

object based attention

Question 11

name the type of attention where you pay attention to seeing something peripherally on which the gaze is not directly focused

Answer 11

covert attention

Question 12

motion and colour are detected by which two areas of the brain in feature based attention?

Answer 12

motion by middle temporal area, colour in V4

Question 13

name the 4 steps in a visual cue

Answer 13

fixation, cue, delay, stimulus

Question 14

which 5 areas of the brain control network in endogenous attention are active when not responding to a stimuli (in attentional control)?

Answer 14

DRF, IPL, STS, PC, MF

Question 15

Which 6 areas of the brain only become active when a stimulus is presented i.e they are only involved in stimulus process, not directing attention?

Answer 15

pre/post CS, SPL, VLF, SMA, AC, VC

Question 16

A dysfunction in the STC when copying multiple means the images will have what missing?

Answer 16

one whole side of each object in the image will be missing

Question 17

a dysfunction in the IPL area of the brain means what when copying images?

Answer 17

one entire side of the image will not be copied