The Bottleneck Theory Is Inadequate in Accounting for Attention Because

question 68

Multiple Choice

The bottleneck theory is inadequate in accounting for attention because

• A) it proposes that humans have many different kinds of attention, and the current research shows that they have only one kind.
• B) it explains only the data gathered with the event-related potential technique and not with other neuroscience research methods.
• C) it argues that people actually filter out very little irrelevant information.
• D) it underestimates the flexibility of our attention.

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