Attention in a Social World

by Michael I. Posner

Book Overview

The study of attention is central to psychology. In this work, Michael Posner, a pioneer in attention research, presents the science of attention in a larger social context, which includes our ability to voluntarily choose and act upon an object of thought. The volume is based on fifty years of research involving behavioral, imaging, developmental, and genetic methods. It describes three brain networks of attention that carry out the functions of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019979121X
• ISBN13: 9780199791217
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"