The Handbook of Attention

by Jonathan Fawcett (Editor), Evan Risko (Editor), Alan Kingstone (Editor)

Overview

An authoritative overview of current research on human attention, emphasizing the relation between cognitive phenomena observed in the laboratory and in the real world.

Laboratory research on human attention has often been conducted under conditions that bear little resemblance to the complexity of our everyday lives. Although this research has yielded interesting discoveries, few scholars have truly connected these findings to natural experiences. This book bridges the gap between “laboratory and life” by bringing together cutting-edge research using traditional methodologies with research that focuses on attention in everyday contexts. It offers definitive reviews by both established and rising research stars on foundational topics such as visual attention and cognitive control, underrepresented domains such as auditory and temporal attention, and emerging areas of investigation such as mind wandering and embodied attention.

The contributors discuss a range of approaches and methodologies, including psychophysics, mental chronometry, stationary and mobile eye-tracking, and electrophysiological and functional brain imaging. Chapters on everyday attention consider such diverse activities as driving, shopping, reading, multitasking, and playing videogames. All chapters present their topics in the same overall format: historical context, current research, the possible integration of laboratory and real-world approaches, future directions, and key and outstanding issues.

Contributors
Richard A. Abrams, Lewis Baker, Daphne Bavelier, Virginia Best, Adam B. Blake, Paul W. Burgess, Alan D. Castel, Karen Collins, Mike J. Dixon, Sidney K. D'Mello, Julia Föcker, Charles L. Folk, Tom Foulsham, Jonathan A. Fugelsang, Bradley S. Gibson, Matthias S. Gobel, Davood G. Gozli, Arthur C. Graesser, Peter A. Hancock, Kevin A. Harrigan, Simone G. Heideman, Cristy Ho, Roxane J. Itier, Gustav Kuhn, Michael F. Land, Mallorie Leinenger, Daniel Levin, Steven J. Luck, Gerald Matthews, Daniel Memmert, Stephen Monsell, Meeneley Nazarian, Anna C. Nobre, Andrew M. Olney, Kerri Pickel, Jay Pratt, Keith Rayner, Daniel C. Richardson, Evan F. Risko, Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, Vivian Siu, Jonathan Smallwood, Charles Spence, David Strayer, Pedro Sztybel, Benjamin W. Tatler, Eric T. Taylor, Jeff Templeton, Robert Teszka, Michel Wedel, Blaire J. Weidler, Lisa Wojtowicz, Jeremy M. Wolfe, Geoffrey F. Woodman

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262331890
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	11/27/2015
Series:	The MIT Press
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	696
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About the Author

Jonathan M. Fawcett is an Investigator Scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and a Junior Research Fellow at Clare College, University of Cambridge.

Evan F. Risko is Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Psychology at the University of Waterloo.

Alan Kingstone is Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.

Charles Spence is Director of the Crossmodal Research Group at the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University.

Steven J. Luck is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. A leading authority on ERP research, he leads ERP Boot Camps that provide ERP training to researchers from around the world.

Daniel T. Levin is Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University.

Gustav Kuhn is Reader in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a member of the Magic Circle.

Gerald Matthews is Professor of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati.

Karen Collins is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo. She is the author of ten books on sound, including Game Sound and Playing with Sound (both published by the MIT Press), and is the director of the film Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound.

Evan F. Risko is Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Psychology at the University of Waterloo.

Table of Contents

Attention: From the Laboratory to the Real World and Back Again xi

I Attention in the Laboratory 1

1 Controlling Spatial Attention: Lessons from the Lab and Implications for Everyday Life Charles L. Folk 3

2 Visual Search Jeremy M. Wolfe 27

3 Temporal Orienting of Attention Anna C. Nobre Simone G. Heideman 57

4 What Laboratory Studies of Symbolic Spatial Cues Reveal about the Control of Attention in Everyday Life Bradley S. Gibson Pedro Sztybel 79

5 Auditory Selective Attention Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Virginia Best 99

6 Crossmodal Attention: From the Laboratory to the Real World (and Back Again) Charles Spence Cristy Ho 119

7 Task-Set Control and Task Switching Stephen Monsell 139

8 Using Working Memory to Control Attentional Deptoyment to Items in Complex Scenes Geoffrey F. Woodman Steven J. Luck 173

9 Change Blindness and Inattentional Blindness Daniel Levin Lewis Baker 199

10 Mind Wandering and Attention Jonathan Smallwood 233

11 Scene Perception Tom Foulsham 257

12 Eye Movements and Visual Attention during Reading Mallorie Leinenger Keith Rayner 281

13 Embodied Attention Richard A. Abrams Blaire J. Weidler 310

14 Action and Attention Jay Pratt J. Eric T. Taylor Davood G. Gozli 325

15 Social Attention Daniel C. Richardson Matthias S. Gobel 349

16 Attention to Eyes in Face Perception Roxane J. Itier 369

II Attention in the Real World 389

17 Everyday Visual Attention Benjamin W. Tatler Michael F. Land 391

18 Attention and Driving David L. Strayer 423

19 Serial versus Concurrent Multitasking: From Lab to Life Paul W. Burgess 443

20 Attention and Incidental Memory in Everyday Settings Alan D. Castel Meenely Nazarian Adam B. Blake 463

21 Eyewitness Memory Kerri L. Pickel 485

22 Attention and Misdirection: How to Use Conjuring Experience to Study Attentional Processes Gustav Kuhn Robert Teszka 503

23 Action Video Games in the Spotlight: The Case of Attentional Control Daphne Bavelier Julia Föcker 525

24 Stress and Attention Peter A. Hancock Gerald Matthews 547

25 Attention Research in Marketing: A Review of Eye-Tracking Studies Michel Wedel 569

26 Exploring Attention in the "Reel" World: Visual and Auditory Influences on Reactions to Wins and Near Misses in Multiline Slot Machine Play Mike J. Dixon Jeff Templeton Karen Collins Lisa Wojtowicz Kevin A. Harrigan Jonathan A. Fugelsang Vivian Siu 589

27 Attention in Educational Contexts: The Role of the Learning Task in Guiding Attention Andrew M. Olney Evan F. Risko Sidney K. D'Mello Arthur C. Graesser 623

28 Visual Attention in Sports Daniel Memmert 643

Contributors 663

Reviewers 667

Index 669