Attention

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Alertness and arousal brain structures

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1) Reticular activating system

2) Two neurotransmitter system: noradrenergic and brainstem cholinergic

3) Midline thalamic structures

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Vigilance and sustained attention brain structures

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1) noradrenergic and cholinergic systems

2) thalamus

3) posterior regions of the right hemisphere - vigilance

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Selection attention

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Prioritize info for additional processing

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The superior colliculus

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Plays a role in automatically orienting attention to particular locations in space

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Portions of thalamus

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Posterior parietal lobe

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Medial prefrontal cortex

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Lateral prefrontal regions

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Selective attention

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Divided attention

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Selective attention

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Model 1. Reticular activating system

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Maintains vigilance and arousal

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Model 1. Cingulate

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Imparts motivational significance to information

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Model 1. The posterior parietal region

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Provides sensory map of the world

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Model 1. The frontal regions

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Provides motor programs for moving the focus of attention

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Subsystem model: locus coeruleus, parietal cortex, right frontal regions

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Supports alertness

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Subsystem model: superior colliculus, superior parietal region, temporal-parietal junction and frontal eye fields

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Allows attention to be oriented to sensory signals to select among them

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Subsystem model: basal ganglia, lateral ventral prefrontal region and anterior cingulate cortex

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Supports executive aspects of attention

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Model 3. Dorsal frontoparietal subsystem

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involved in executive aspects of attention

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Model 3. Ventral subsystem (temporoparietal cortex and inferior frontal cortex of right hemisphere)

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Allows attention to be directed to salient stimuli in the environment

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Default network

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Whose activity is decreased when individual are engaged in an attentionally demanding task.