Influencesattention
Influencesattention is a concept used to describe how attention is shaped by interacting internal and external influences in a given moment. It refers to the allocation of cognitive resources to stimuli, tasks, and goals under the constraints of limited processing capacity, balancing bottom-up sensory salience with top-down goals and expectations.
The influences involved include external properties of stimuli such as salience, contrast, motion, novelty, and relevance
In research and theory, influencesattention is linked to models of attention that emphasize competition for resources,
Methods to study influencesattention include behavioral measures of task performance, eye-tracking to infer attention, and neurophysiological