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| Titre : | Effortless Attention: A New Perspective in the Cognitive Science of Attention and Action |
| Auteurs : | Brian Bruya |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : MIT Press, 2010 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-262-51395-1 |
| Index. décimale : | 612.82 (Cerveau) |
| Résumé : |
This is the first book to explore the cognitive science of effortless attention and action. Attention and action are generally understood to require effort, and the expectation is that under normal circumstances effort increases to meet rising demand. Sometimes, however, attention and action seem to flow effortlessly despite high demand. Effortless attention and action have been documented across a range of normal activities -- ranging from rock climbing to chess playing -- and yet fundamental questions about the cognitive science of effortlessness have gone largely unasked. This book draws from the disciplines of cognitive psychology, neurophysiology, behavioral psychology, genetics, philosophy, and cross-cultural studies. Starting from the premise that the phenomena of effortless attention and action provide an opportunity to test current models of attention and action, leading researchers from around the world examine topics including effort as a cognitive resource, the role of effort in decision-making, the neurophysiology of effortless attention and action, the role of automaticity in effortless action, expert performance in effortless action, and the neurophysiology and benefits of attentional training. Contributors: Joshua M. Ackerman, James H. Austin, John A. Bargh Roy F. Baumeister, Sian L. Beilock, Chris Blais, Matthew M. Botvinick, Brian Bruya, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Marci S. DeCaro, Arne Dietrich, Yuri Dormashev, L├íszl├│ Harmat, Bernhard Hommel, Rebecca Lewthwaite, ├ûrjan de Manzano, Joseph T. McGuire, Brian P. Meier, Arlen C. Moller, Jeanne Nakamura, Michael I. Posner, Mary K. Rothbart, M.R. Rueda, Brandon J. Schmeichel, Edward Slingerland, Oliver Stoll, Yiyuan Tang, T├Âres Theorell, Fredrik Ull├®n, Gabriele Wulf The hardcover edition does not include a dust jacket. ### Review "The chapters in Bruya's book represent an extraordinary breadth and diversity of approaches to the study of control of thought, word, and deed.... ┬áThis book should be on the shelf of every serious student of how the mind works."--**Randall W. Engle**, Editor,┬á*Current Directions in Psychological Science*, Georgia Institute of Technology "Cognitive scientists would do well to extend their models to account for [effortless attention], and Bruya's book is a promising first step in that direction."--**Nathaniel Barrett**,┬á*IBCSR* "Recommended."--*Choice*┬á "Together these essays provide a substantial amount of insight into the phenomena of flow and effortless attention....┬áAn impressive collection of insightful and original essays."┬á --**Sam Wren-Lewis**,┬á*Metapsychology*┬á A challenge to the na├»ve but prevailing notion of a central executive, somewhere in the frontal lobe or its vicinity, dishing out the orders to the rest of the brain and controlling every cognitive function, from attention on up. Evidently, cognitive functions, notably attention, can operate efficiently and effortlessly on the margins of consciousness. Attention and performance are inextricable from the perception-action cycle, where there is no true causal origin and consciousness is merely a phenomenon -- and in fact can be an impediment. The evidence presented in *Effortless Attention* makes ample room for priming, intuition, gut-feeling, automatism, and other hidden but very real unconscious brain powers behind decision-making and the pursuit of goals. (Joaqu├¡n M. Fuster, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, author of *The Prefrontal Cortex*) ### From the Back Cover This is the first book to explore the┬ácognitive┬áscience of effortless attention and action. ┬áAttention and action are generally understood to require effort, and the┬áexpectation┬áis that under normal circumstances effort increases to meet rising demand. ┬áSometimes, however, attention and action seem to flow effortlessly despite high demand. ┬áEffortless┬áattention┬áand action have been documented across a range f normal activities--from rock climbing to chess playing--and yet fundamental┬áquestions┬áabout the cognitive┬áscience┬áof┬áeffortlessness┬áhave gone┬álargely┬áunasked. This book draws from the disciplines of cognitive┬ápsychology, neurophysiology, behavioral psychology, genetics,┬áphilosophy, and cross-cultural studies. ┬áStarting from the premise that the┬áphenomena┬áof effortless attention and action provide an opportunity to test current models of attention and action, leading researchers from around the world examine topics including effort as a cognitive resource, the role of effort in decision making, the neurophysiology of effortless attention and action, the role of automaticity in effortless action, expert performance in effortless action, and the neurophysiology ┬áand┬ábenefits┬áof attentional training. |
