{"id":161,"date":"2007-09-05T22:42:05","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T05:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymindonbooks.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2007-09-05T22:46:23","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T05:46:23","slug":"more-on-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymindonbooks.com\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"more on attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1794\/1878\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mymindonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/cimg7054h.jpg\" alt=\"cimg7054h.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1794\/1878\">&#8220;Attention Metaphors: How Metaphors Guide the Cognitive Psychology of Attention&#8221;<\/a> by Mark Johnson and Diego Fernandez-Duque (full text pdf available through the link) Citation: \tCognitive Science, v. 23, no. 1 (Jan.\/Mar.1999), p. 83-116<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Abstract: \tThe concept of attention is defined by multiple inconsistent metaphors that scientists use to identify relevant phenomena, frame hypotheses, construct experiments, and interpret data. (1) The Filter metaphor shapes debates about partial vs. complete filtering, early vs. late selection, and information filtering vs. enhancement. (2) The Spotlight metaphor raises the issue of space- vs. object-based selection, and it guides research on the size, shape, and movement of the attentional focus. (3) The Spotlight-in-the-Brain metaphor is frequently used to interpret imaging studies of attention. (4) The debate between supramodal and pre-motor theories of attention replays the dichotomy between the Spotlight and the Vision metaphors of attention. Our analysis reveals the central role of metaphor in scientific theory and research on attention, exposes hidden assumptions behind various research strategies, and shows the need for flexibility in the use of current metaphors.<\/p>\n<p>also by the same authors:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1794\/2208\">&#8220;Cause and Effect Theories of Attention: The Role of Conceptual Metaphors&#8221;<\/a> Citation: \tReview of General Psychology. Vol. 6, No.2, June 2002 (139-152)<br \/>\nAbstract: \tIn everyday discourse, as well as in science, concepts of attention are defined by metaphors. In scientific theories these metaphors determine what attention is and what count as adequate explanations of the phenomena. We analyze these metaphors in the context of three types of attention theories: (1)&#8217;Cause&#8217; theories, in which attention is presumed to modulate information-processing (e .g., Attention as a Spotlight ; Attention as a Limited Resource), (2 )`effect&#8217; theories, in which attention is considered to be the by-product of information-processing (e.g., the Competition metaphor), and (3) hybrid theories that combine `cause&#8217; and `effect&#8217; aspects (e .g., Biased-Competition models). 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