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...

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Published in:The American journal of psychology 2012-12, Vol.125 (4), p.423-434
Main Author: Mounts, Jeffrey R. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic journals
Activity levels. Psychomotricity
Attention
Attention (Psychology)
Biological and medical sciences
Cues
Decision Making
Distraction
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Influence
Language
Psychological research
Psychology
Psychology - history
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Publishing - history
Reaction Time
Reviews
Selective attention
Social Sciences
Vigilance. Attention. Sleep
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0002-9556
1939-8298
DOI:10.5406/amerjpsyc.125.4.0423