TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between sustained attention, attentional selectivity, and capacity
AU - McAvinue, L.P.
AU - Vangkilde, Signe Allerup
AU - Johnson, K.A.
AU - Habekost, Thomas
AU - Kyllingsbæk, Søren
AU - Robertson, I.H.
AU - Bundesen, Claus
N1 - mangler titelskift af tidsskriftet 23.8. /ssb
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - The Theory of Visual Attention (TVA; Bundesen, 1990) provides a quantitative account of visual attentional selectivity and capacity but does not include a parameter relating to sustained attention. We conducted two studies to examine the relationship between sustained attention and the TVA parameters relating to selectivity and capacity. In the first study (n=46; mean age=41, SD=10), we investigated the effects of self alerting during a combined whole and partial report task (CombiTVA). In the second study, 70 participants (aged 20-69), performed the CombiTVA and the Sustained Attention to Response Task (Robertson, Manly, Andrade, Baddeley, & Yiend, 1997). The results indicated that attentional selectivity and capacity were unaffected by self alerting, unrelated to sustained attention ability and robust to the adverse effects of time-on-task. These findings are in keeping with the idea of independent functions relating to sustained attention and attentional selectivity and capacity.
AB - The Theory of Visual Attention (TVA; Bundesen, 1990) provides a quantitative account of visual attentional selectivity and capacity but does not include a parameter relating to sustained attention. We conducted two studies to examine the relationship between sustained attention and the TVA parameters relating to selectivity and capacity. In the first study (n=46; mean age=41, SD=10), we investigated the effects of self alerting during a combined whole and partial report task (CombiTVA). In the second study, 70 participants (aged 20-69), performed the CombiTVA and the Sustained Attention to Response Task (Robertson, Manly, Andrade, Baddeley, & Yiend, 1997). The results indicated that attentional selectivity and capacity were unaffected by self alerting, unrelated to sustained attention ability and robust to the adverse effects of time-on-task. These findings are in keeping with the idea of independent functions relating to sustained attention and attentional selectivity and capacity.
U2 - 10.1080/20445911.2011.628653
DO - 10.1080/20445911.2011.628653
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0954-1446
VL - 24
SP - 313
EP - 328
JO - European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
JF - European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
IS - 3
ER -