From classic to current: a look back on attention research in the American Journal of Psychology.
This review examines attention research appearing in The American Journal of Psychology over the journal's rich 125-year history. In particular, the review examines studies focused on selective attention's role in modulating the influence of distraction and the methods used to capture the nature of selective attention. Special attention is given to classic articles by Treisman (1964a, 1964b), Neisser (1963), and Eriksen and Rohrbaugh (1970), whose methods and results are examined in detail in light of current theory and research in selective attention.
Department of Psychology, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, USA. mounts@geneseo.edu
Jeffrey R W
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D001288:Attention; D003463:Cues; D003657:Decision Making; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history; D011930:Reaction Time