Alerting is readiness in preparation for an impending stimulus.  This includes tonic effects and phasic effects. 


Alerting

Orienting is the selection of specific information from multiple sensory stimuli.

Orienting

Conflict Monitoring (Executive Attention) is the monitoring and resolution of the conflict between computations in different neural areas.


Conflict Monitoring (Executive Attention)

There are three different components of attention:

Alerting

Orienting

Conflict Monitoring (Executive Attention)

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The process of consciously focusing on specific stimuli. Attention is a limited resource, but automatic processing allows us to use our limited attention on other stimuli while performing an automatic task.

Attention

Tang, YY., Hölzel, B. & Posner, M. The neuroscience of mindfulness meditation. Nat Rev Neurosci 16, 213–225 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3916.

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation

- Selective attention
- Distractions
- Divided attention
- Attentional capacity
- Attentional capture
- Eye movement
- Stimulus salience
- Binding

Focuses of Research on Attention

-  Bottom-up processing
-  Top-down processing 
-  Unitization 

Attention Process Mechanisms

There are several methodss used tp measure attention :

Attention Network Test (ANT)

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