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Comment on Theeuwes's Characterization of Visual Selection.

Howard Egeth1

  • 1Johns Hopkins University, US.

Journal of Cognition
|September 14, 2019
PubMed
Summary

This study argues that "selection history" is already encompassed within "top-down" attention, challenging a proposed three-factor model. It suggests the original two-factor model of attention is sufficient.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Attention

Background:

  • The traditional model of attention divides guiding factors into bottom-up and top-down processes.
  • A recent proposal suggests replacing this dichotomy with a trichotomy including selection history.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the necessity of adding "selection history" as a distinct factor guiding attention.
  • To argue that "selection history" is an integral component of the existing "top-down" attention framework.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of attention models.
  • Critique of the proposed trichotomy (bottom-up, top-down, selection history).

Main Results:

  • Selection history is not a separate category but is subsumed under top-down attentional control.
  • The proposed trichotomy risks unnecessary fragmentation of attention theories.

Conclusions:

  • The classic bottom-up and top-down dichotomy for attention remains adequate.
  • Adding selection history as a separate factor complicates the model without clear benefit.
Keywords:
AttentionCaptureVisual search

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