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Introduction: a Little History Introduction: a Little History
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Auditory Attention: the Renaissance Auditory Attention: the Renaissance
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Visual Attention: “The Eyes Have it” Visual Attention: “The Eyes Have it”
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Example 1: Visual Attention to Radar Displays: From Analytic Models to Behavior Example 1: Visual Attention to Radar Displays: From Analytic Models to Behavior
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Example 2. The Analysis of SPADs: Why Do Train Drivers Pass Red Lights? Example 2. The Analysis of SPADs: Why Do Train Drivers Pass Red Lights?
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Summary and Conclusions Summary and Conclusions
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Acknowledgment Acknowledgment
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Notes Notes
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References References
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1 Attention: From History to Application
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Published:December 2006
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Abstract
Modern work on attention began with the development of Donald Broadbent's filter theory. Broadbent's philosophy of experimental design was to eliminate a large class of alternative explanations by a single experiment, not to predict in detail what would happen in real time in real-world tasks. Almost no work captured the richness and, above all, the temporal dynamics of the real world, although Broadbent always emphasized the importance of applied research. Typically, laboratory experiments are not dynamic. They consist of a series of statistically independent trials of fixed duration, with the task specified by the experimenter. Participants play no part in determining what will happen next. The most important aspects of visual attention in the working environment are the strategy and tactics of gaze. This chapter presents two examples of successful quantitative modeling on the assumption of single-channel visual attention: visual attention to radar displays and SPAD (signal passed at danger). It demonstrates how one can develop an analytic model of attention and then verify it with empirical measures of eye movements.
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