---
_id: '28955'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Attention speeds up information processing. Although this finding has a long
    history in experimental psychology, it has found less regard in computational
    models of visual attention. In psychological research, two frameworks explain
    the function of attention.Selection for perception emphasizes that perception-
    or consciousness-related processing presupposes selection of relevant information,
    whereas selection for action emphasizes that action constraints make selection
    necessary. In the present study, we ask whether or how far attention, as measured
    by the speed-up of information processing, is based on selection for perception
    or selection for action. The accelerating effect was primarily based on selection
    for perception, but there was also a substantial effect of selection for action.
author:
- first_name: Katharina
  full_name: Weiß, Katharina
  last_name: Weiß
- first_name: Ingrid
  full_name: Scharlau, Ingrid
  id: '451'
  last_name: Scharlau
  orcid: 0000-0003-2364-9489
citation:
  ama: 'Weiß K, Scharlau I. Attention Speeds Up Visual Information Processing: Selection
    for Perception or Selection for Action? <i>KI 2009: Advances in Artificial Intelligence
    Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence</i>. Published
    online 2009.'
  apa: 'Weiß, K., &#38; Scharlau, I. (2009). Attention Speeds Up Visual Information
    Processing: Selection for Perception or Selection for Action? <i>KI 2009: Advances
    in Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Artificial
    Intelligence.</i>'
  bibtex: '@article{Weiß_Scharlau_2009, title={Attention Speeds Up Visual Information
    Processing: Selection for Perception or Selection for Action?}, journal={KI 2009:
    Advances in Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference
    on Artificial Intelligence.}, author={Weiß, Katharina and Scharlau, Ingrid}, year={2009}
    }'
  chicago: 'Weiß, Katharina, and Ingrid Scharlau. “Attention Speeds Up Visual Information
    Processing: Selection for Perception or Selection for Action?” <i>KI 2009: Advances
    in Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Artificial
    Intelligence.</i>, 2009.'
  ieee: 'K. Weiß and I. Scharlau, “Attention Speeds Up Visual Information Processing:
    Selection for Perception or Selection for Action?,” <i>KI 2009: Advances in Artificial
    Intelligence. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence.</i>,
    2009.'
  mla: 'Weiß, Katharina, and Ingrid Scharlau. “Attention Speeds Up Visual Information
    Processing: Selection for Perception or Selection for Action?” <i>KI 2009: Advances
    in Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Artificial
    Intelligence.</i>, 2009.'
  short: 'K. Weiß, I. Scharlau, KI 2009: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings
    of the 32nd Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence. (2009).'
date_created: 2021-12-15T12:53:50Z
date_updated: 2022-06-07T00:19:30Z
department:
- _id: '424'
funded_apc: '1'
keyword:
- visuo-spatial attention
- prior entry
- selection for action
- selection for perception
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- url: https://kw.uni-paderborn.de/fileadmin/fakultaet/Institute/psychologie/Kognitive_Psychologie/Publikationen/Attention_speeds_up_visual_information_processing4.pdf
publication: 'KI 2009: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the 32nd
  Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence.'
status: public
title: 'Attention Speeds Up Visual Information Processing: Selection for Perception
  or Selection for Action?'
type: journal_article
user_id: '42165'
year: '2009'
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