Download or read book Evaluating Attention s Theoretical Dichotomy written by Jonathan Michael Keefe and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selective attention is a critical cognitive capacity that enables us to navigate our information-dense world, allowing us to focus our limited processing resources on behaviorally relevant information while filtering the irrelevant. A large body of research demonstrates that selective spatial attention can be deployed both endogenously following the internal goals of an observer and exogenously in response to salient events in the environment. These findings have motivated the adoption of a dichotomy in attention between endogenous (i.e., voluntary) and exogenous (i.e., involuntary) attentional orienting. The purpose of the present dissertation is to offer a critical evaluation of the dichotomy of attention by carefully characterizing and comparing the processes involved in exogenous and endogenous attention. Utilizing psychophysics, EEG, and both cross-modal as well as uni-modal cueing paradigms in which either auditory or visual cues preceded visual targets, I offer a novel approach to evaluate this dichotomy across 3 chapters. Chapter 1 examines whether exogenous attention elicits the same changes in neural activity as endogenous attention. Chapter 2 investigates whether exogenous attention facilitates and suppresses neural processing at cued and uncued locations, respectively, as previously demonstrated in studies of endogenous attention. Finally, Chapter 3 tests whether exogenous attention operates outside of an individual's control, as previously theorized, or whether it is possible to exercise control over this process as in endogenous attention. Altogether, the present dissertation demonstrates that there are striking similarities in the effects of exogenous and endogenous attention upon visual processing, but also important differences that distinguish each type of attention. I conclude with a brief exploration of whether this dichotomy is useful to progressing the study of attention.
Download or read book John Maynard Keynes Critical Assessment written by John Cunningham Wood and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keynes is universally acknowledged as both the greatest and the most influential economist of the twentieth century. These volumes complement the project of the earlier volumes, making available 150 additional articles
Download or read book Attention written by Addie Johnson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attention: Theory and Practice provides a balance between a readable overview of attention and an emphasis on how theories and paradigms for the study of attention have developed. The book highlights the important issues and major findings while giving sufficient details of experimental studies, models, and theories so that results and conclusions are easy to follow and evaluate. Rather than brushing over tricky technical details, the authors explain them clearly, giving readers the benefit of understanding the motivation for and techniques of the experiments in order to allow readers to think through results, models, and theories for themselves. Attention is an accessible text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology, as well as an important resource for researchers and practitioners interested in gaining an overview of the field of attention.
Download or read book Evaluation written by Mary Odell Butler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of budgetary belt-tightening, policymakers must prove that their programs work or face drastic cuts in spending. This book, informed by the author’s many years of practice in program evaluation and expertise as an anthropologist, discusses in plain prose the theory and methods of culturally-competent evaluation across a number of disciplines, such as health and education, for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and professionals. The book-guides readers through the process of evaluation in complex contexts created by cultural change, the movement of populations, economic forces and constantly emerging crises;-introduces rich ethnographic theory and methods developed by anthropologists to evaluators in other fields;-teaches anthropologists and other social scientists research techniques developed in such fields as business or public-policy evaluation;-provides a strategy for building evidence from both qualitative and quantitative sources to form conclusions that have scientific credibility.
Download or read book Theoretical Linguistics and Disordered Language RLE Linguistics B Grammar written by Martin Ball and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid increase of interest in disordered speech and language among linguists over the past decade or so has resulted in many books of practical help to speech pathologists in terms of assessment and remediation. Little, however, has appeared to examine the theoretical implications of the interaction between these two fields. This book aims to fill this gap, by showing how speech pathology can inform linguistic theory and vice versa.
Download or read book Dynamic Assessment written by Matthew E. Poehner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-03-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynamic Assessment (DA) reconceptualizes classroom interactions by arguing that teaching and assessment should not be distinct undertakings. This book offers a much-needed coherent framework for co-constructing a ZPD with learners in order to simultaneously reveal the full range of their abilities and promote development. DA has a long history in education but it is new to the L2 field. This book provides the first book-length treatment of DA in the language classroom.
Download or read book A Matter of Bottom Up or Top Down Processes The Role of Attention in Multisensory Integration written by Jess Hartcher-O'Brien and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of information from various sensory modalities influences behaviour. It can induce behavioural benefits such as faster reaction times and enhanced detection of noisy signals but may also produce illusions, all of which have been characterized by specific neuronal signatures. Yet, while these effects of multisensory integration are largely accepted, the role of attention in this process is still the object of intense debate. On the one hand, it has been suggested that attention may guide multisensory integration in a top-down fashion by selection of specific inputs to be integrated out of the plethora of information in our environment. On the other hand, there is evidence that integration could occur in a bottom-up manner, based on temporal and spatial correlations, and outside the focus of attention. An extreme example is the multisensory enhancement of neural responses in anesthetised animals. Attention itself is not a unitary construct, and may refer to a range of different selection mechanisms. Therefore, the interplay between attention and multisensory integration can take many forms which explain, in part, the diversity of findings and the disputes in the literature. The goal of this Research Topic is to help clarify the picture by trying to answer the following questions from various perspectives: Under which circumstances does multisensory integration take place without attention?, and, When does attention determine the fate of multisensory integration?
Download or read book Evaluating Educational Technology written by Geneva D. Haertel and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2003-09-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features chapters by today's leading authorities who outline research designs, methodologies, and types of assessments that can be used to more effectively evaluate educational technologies.
Download or read book Foundations of Marketing Theory written by Shelby D. Hunt and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2002 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shelby Hunt's revision of "Foundations of Marketing Theory" continues the tradition of the previous three by providing a clear framework for advancing marketing thought and research.
Download or read book Contemporary Intellectual Assessment Third Edition written by Dawn P. Flanagan and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one volume, this authoritative reference presents a current, comprehensive overview of intellectual and cognitive assessment, with a focus on practical applications. Leaders in the field describe major theories of intelligence and provide the knowledge needed to use the latest measures of cognitive abilities with individuals of all ages, from toddlers to adults. Evidence-based approaches to test interpretation, and their relevance for intervention, are described. The book addresses critical issues in assessing particular populations—including culturally and linguistically diverse students, gifted students, and those with learning difficulties and disabilities—in today's educational settings. New to This Edition*Incorporates major research advances and legislative and policy changes.*Covers recent test revisions plus additional tests: the NEPSY-II and the Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability.*Expanded coverage of specific populations: chapters on autism spectrum disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, sensory and physical disabilities and traumatic brain injury, and intellectual disabilities.*Chapters on neuropsychological approaches, assessment of executive functions, and multi-tiered service delivery models in schools.
Download or read book The Evaluation and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury written by Nils R. Varney and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving beyond the debate over whether and to what degree mild head injury has lasting neuropsychological sequelae, this book is predicated on the assumption that it does cause some problems in some circumstances for some people. It focuses on the practical questions of who is injured, how injuries manifest themselves, and what evaluation and treatment strategies are optimal, for families as well as patients. The distinguished authors bring to their task not only scientific expertise but extensive day-to-day clinical experience. This book will be widely welcomed as the first comprehensive overview of what we have learned from research and clinical experience about these difficult cases.
Download or read book The Age of Fragmentation written by Alessandro Roncaglia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging historical account and critical analysis of the global development of economics from 1940 to the present day.
Download or read book Evaluation in Practice written by Richard D. Bingham and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text introduces students to the process of program evaluation and the experimental and quasi-experimental approaches to evaluation. The book covers approaches to outcome evaluations, measurement, threats to internal validity, performance measurement, and benchmarking. It also introduces the basic experimental and quasi-experimental designs, presents a published article which uses each design, and offers an explanation and critique of how the authors implemented the design. Stand-alone articles invite students to explain and critique on their own.
Download or read book Soundscape Assessment written by Östen Axelsson and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Psychology Assessment Psychology written by Irving B. Weiner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Child Psychological Assessment written by Donald H. Saklofske and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 885 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychological assessment has always paralleled the growth of psychology and its specialties, and it is not an overstatement to say that measurement and assessment are the cornerstones of psychology, providing the tools and techniques for gathering information to inform our understanding of human behavior. However, the continued growth and new developments in the assessment literature requires an ongoing examination of the principles and practices of central importance to psychological assessment. The Oxford Handbook of Child Psychological Assessment covers all areas of child and adolescent assessment. Leaders in the field summarize and synthesize state-of-the-science assessment theories, techniques, and applications. Placing an emphasis on clinical and psychoeducational assessment issues, chapters explore issues related to the foundations, models, special topics, and practice of psychological assessment. Appropriate as a desk reference or a cover-to-cover read, this comprehensive volume surveys fundamental principles of child assessment, including ability, achievement, behavior, and personality; covers the role of theory and measurement in psychological assessment; and presents new methods and data.
Download or read book Game Theory and Decision Theory in Agent Based Systems written by Simon D. Parsons and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-06-30 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game Theory And Decision Theory In Agent-Based Systems is a collection of papers from international leading researchers, that offers a broad view of the many ways game theory and decision theory can be applied in agent-based systems, from standard applications of the core elements of the theory to more cutting edge developments. The range of topics discussed in this book provide the reader with the first comprehensive volume that reflects both the depth and breadth of work in applying techniques from game theory and decision theory to design agent-based systems. Chapters include: Selecting Partners; Evolution of Agents with Moral Sentiments in an IPD Exercise; Dynamic Desires; Emotions and Personality; Decision-Theoretic Approach to Game Theory; Shopbot Economics; Finding the Best Way to Join in; Shopbots and Pricebots in Electronic Service Markets; Polynomial Time Mechanisms; Multi-Agent Q-learning and Regression Trees; Satisficing Equilibria; Investigating Commitment Flexibility in Multi-agent Contracts; Pricing in Agent Economies using Multi-agent Q-learning; Using Hypergames to Increase Planned Payoff and Reduce Risk; Bilateral Negotiation with Incomplete and Uncertain Information; Robust Combinatorial Auction Protocol against False-name Bids.
