The Limits of Attention

• CONTENTS LIST ; CHAPTER 1 - TEMPORAL METHODS FOR STUDYING ATTENTION: HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? ; CHAPTER 2 - THE ATTENTIONAL BLINK AND TASK SWITCHING WITHIN AND ACROSS MODALITIES ; CHAPTER 3 - TASK SWITCHING: USING RSVP METHODS TO STUDY AN EXPERIMENTER-CUED SHIFT OF SET ; CHAPTER 4 - VISUAL MASKING AND TASK SWITCHING IN THE ATTENTIONAL BLINK ; CHAPTER 5 - THE ATTENTIONAL BLINK BOTTLENECK ; CHAPTER 6 - PERCEPTUAL AND CENTRAL INTERFERENCE IN DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE ; CHAPTER 7 - MULTIPLE SOURCES OF INTERFERENCE IN DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE: THE CASES OF THE ATTENTIONAL BLINK AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD ; CHAPTER 8 - CROSS-MODAL INTERACTIONS IN DUAL-TASK PARADIGMS ; CHAPTER 9 - GETTING BEYOND THE SERIAL/PARALLEL DEBATE IN VISUAL SEARCH: A HYBRID APPROACH ; CHAPTER 10 - VISUAL ATTENTION MOVES NO FASTER THAN THE EYES ; CHAPTER 11 - PERCEPTUAL LINKS AND ATTENTIONAL BLINKS ; CHAPTER 12 - A SPATIOTEMPORAL FRAMEWORK FOR DISORDERS OF VISUAL ATTENTION

The chapters are all very readable, and replete with up-to-date references. This makes the book both an admirable introduction to the topic area and a very useful reference work. I have found it a valuable source of ideas in preparing material on attention for third-level undergraduates; the style of writing recommends the book for inclusion in the reading lists of many courses.