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Attention: A Neuropsychological Approach provides a fascinating overview of the neuropsychological aspects of attention, revealing how we select our information, divide our attention and control our focus of interest. Through fully integrating cognitive neuropsychological perspectives on attention, Anthony Ward demonstrates how each approach can illuminate the other. Examples are provided to show how the application of theories of attention can help to further our understanding of conditions such as dementia, schizophrenia, head injury and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This clear introduction will be of great interest to undergraduates studying neuropsychology, clinical psychology, occupational therapy and mental health nursing. Attention : A Neuropsychological Approach Provides An Overview Of The Neuropsychological Aspects Of Attention, Revealing How We Select Our Information, Divide Our Attention And Control Our Focus Of Interest. Through Fully Integrating Cognitive And Neuro-psychological Perspectives On Attention, Antony Ward Demonstrates How Each Approach Can Illuminate The Other. Examples Are Provided To Show How The Applications Of Theories Of Attention Can Help To Further Our Understanding Of Conditions Such As Dementia, Schizophrenia, Head Injury And Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This Clear Introduction Will Be Of Great Interest To Undergraduates Studying Neuropsychology, Clinical Psychology, Occupational Therapy And Mental Health Nursing.--jacket. 1. What Is Attention? -- 2. Role Of Neuropsychology -- 3. Assessment Of Attention -- 4. Speed Of Processing An All-encompassing Deficit -- 5. Selective Attention -- 6. Controlling Attention -- 7. Vigilance -- 8. Neural Networks And Attention -- 9. Future Directions. Antony Ward. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 167-190) And Index. "Attention and Implicit Learning" provides a comprehensive overview of the research conducted in this area. The book is conceived as a multidisciplinary forum of discussion on the question of whether implicit learning may be depicted as a process that runs independently of attention. The volume also deals with the complementary question of whether implicit learning affects the dynamics of attention, and it addresses these questions from perspectives that range from functional to neuroscientific and computational approaches. The view of implicit learning that arises from these pages is not that of a mysterious faculty, but rather that of an elementary ability of the cognitive systems to extract the structure of their environment as it appears directly through experience, and regardless of any intention to do so. Implicit learning, thus, is taken to be a process that may shape not only our behavior, but also our representations of the world, our attentional functions, and even our conscious experience What Is 'attention' And What Is The Best Way To Understand It? Taking Its Cue From This Key Question, This Text Presents A Detailed Overview Of Cognitive, Neuropsychological And Connectionist Methodologies In Attention Research. What is 'attention' and what is the best way to understand it? Taking its cue from this key question, this book presents a detailed overview of cognitive, neuropsychological and connectionist methodologies in attention research. Electronic reproduction.Boulder, Colo. :NetLibrary,2005.Available via World Wide Web.Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.'This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.' THIS CHAPTER COMMENCES with a brief introduction to the topic of attention.