Uwaga ekstensywna. Model ekstensywności vs. intensywności uwagi

Alina Kolańczyk

Abstract

EXTENSIVE ATTENTION. MODEL OF EXTENSIVENESS VS. INTENSIVENESS OF ATTENTION An explanation of extensive attention apparent as widening perceptual fi eld is the main goal of this article. Model of extensiveness vs. intensiveness (E-I) of attention describes: 1) fi lters of attention 2) a range of semantic net activation and 3) motivational factors. Filters are responsible for balance between range and depth of information processing within a limited working memory (WM). Theories of Posner’s attention network and of Cowan’s WM provided the fundamentals for the model of E-I of attention . I try to justify how paratelic motivation or a focus on generalized goals determine wide scope of accessible memory and cognitive openness for exogenous stimuli. A hypothesis was put forward concerning how these factors, together with a globalization ofprocessing, determine an object of attention. Extensive attention means relatively shallow, that is sensory and schematic information processing, at the cost of deep – semantic processing. According to results of studies from many laboratories, global information processing is the cognitive result of “wide” attention. Besides, the article contains descriptions of various extensive attentional states and order them on the E-I dimension.