How the Body Works : Selective Attention

Selective Attention

Selective attention is the ability to concentrate on a specific flow of sound amid a babble of background noise, for example listening to a conversation in the middle of a crowd. In the diagram presented, the red particles represent items of sound information. All sound enters the ears and passes through a selective filter, which discards irrelevant information, then goes into a limited-capacity decision channel, which decides on the specific source of the sound. Both mechanisms probably operate below the level of consciousness. Some items pass into the memory store. Information from the decision channel and memory store determine which actions are taken by the brain.

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[curmudgeon99]

Or, in other words: "At present, science has utterly no idea how this happens.

[DrHMFIC]

Wow. Name-calling. Funny thing is, you show yourself to be a lummox, right when you're trying to come off as superior.

Sorry you didn't understand my point, or the humor with which it was made. Dumbasses like you always react this way when YOU don't understand what's being said. *lol*

[deviantcreep]

sweet video!!!!!

[troutfeather]

they lost me after 'limited compassity decision channel"... but i think i get the gist of it.lol

[EDDIEinWAR]

@DrHMFIC WHAT?!! I CANT HEAR YOU MY BRAIN HAS NOT SELECTED YOU, SO I CANT HEEEEAAAR YOU!

HUH!!?

WAAAAT?

NO...NO I DIDNT FLUSH THE TOILET!!!

WAT....

I SAAAID I DIDNT FLUSH THE TOILET!!!

WAT!?...OK...CIAO!!

[EDDIEinWAR]

so that's why i here only the one that im fucking, while the other 3 are moaning and yelling, but i select to hear the one im currently fucking, thanks science

[DryBonz1]

@Horvarth88 Indeed

[Horvarth88]

@DryBonz1 The guy who married the smart girl only to find out she's even uglier after 20 years of marriage....

[DryBonz1]

Who's the idiot?

Raymur or DrHMFIC?

[AnotherCompartment]

shut the fuck up idiot

[DrHMFIC]

Correction: passive-aggressive lummox.

[raymur]

Hello DrHMFIC - you are correct - your humour was indeed world class - I laughed for hours once i read it again .