Skills of divided attention
| Abstract | Two subjects read short stories while writing lists of words at dictation. After some weeks of practice, they were able to write words, discover relations among dictated words, and categorize words for meaning, while reading for comprehension at normal speed. The performance of these subjects is not consistent with the notion that there are hxed limits to attentional.. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,631 |
| External links |
  Try with proxy. |
| Through your library | Only published papers are available at libraries |
Similar books and articlesA. B. Johnson (1854/1948). The Meaning of Words: Analysed Into Words and Unverbal Things, and Unverbal Things Classified Into Intellections, Sensations and Emotions. Milwaukee, J.W. Chamberlin.
C. Travis (1996). Meaning's Role in Truth. Mind 105 (419):451-466.
Vasudevi Reddy (2003). On Being the Object of Attention: Implications for Self-Other Consciousness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 7 (9):397-402.
Michael Rutter (1998). What Can We Learn From Highly Developed Special Skills? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (3):422-423.
Josephine Cock, Claire Fordham, Janet Cockburn & Patrick Haggard (2003). Who Knows Best? Awareness of Divided Attention Difficulty in a Neurological Rehabilitation Setting. Brain Injury 17 (7):561-574.
Thomas H. Carr (1999). How Does Weaver Pay Attention? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (1):39-40.
John Wilson & Barbara Cowell (1988). Social Skills in Their Proper Place. Philosophical Psychology 1 (3):351-357.
Juan-Carlos Gómez (2005). Joint Attention and the Notion of Subject: Insights From Apes, Normal Children, and Children with Autism. In Naomi Eilan, Christoph Hoerl, Teresa McCormack & Johannes Roessler (eds.), Joint Attention: Communication and Other Minds. Issues in Philosophy and Psychology. Oxford University Press.
Phil Washburn (2010). The Vocabulary of Critical Thinking. Oxford University Press.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2010-02-20Total downloads22 ( #56,076 of 548,941 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,511 of 548,941 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
