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How unitary is the capacity-limited attentional focus?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Torsten Schubert  and
Peter A. Frensch
Torsten Schubert
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Humboldt-University Berlin, D-10117 Berlin, Germanytorsten.schubert@psychologie.hu-berlin.depeter.frensch@psychologie.hu-berlin.de
Peter A. Frensch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Humboldt-University Berlin, D-10117 Berlin, Germanytorsten.schubert@psychologie.hu-berlin.depeter.frensch@psychologie.hu-berlin.de
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Abstract

Cowan assumes a unitary capacity-limited attentional focus. We argue that two main problems need to be solved before this assumption can complement theoretical knowledge about human cognition. First, it needs to be clarified what exactly the nature of the elements (chunks) within the attentional focus is. Second, an elaborated process model needs to be developed and testable assumptions about the proposed capacity limitation need to be formulated.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 146 - 147
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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