With Regard to the Three-Stage Model of Attention of Posner

question 53

Multiple Choice

With regard to the three-stage model of attention of Posner and his colleagues (1984) ,which component of attention is associated with the pulvinar?

• A)The ability to engage visual attention at a particular location in the visual field
• B)The capacity to move the focus of visual attention from one location to another
• C)The ability to disengage attention from a particular location in the visual field
• D)The ability to locate a conjunction target that is embedded in a field of distracters

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