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The selective attention for identification model (SAIM) is presented. This uses a spatial window to select visual information for recognition, binding parts to objects and generating translation-invariant recognition. The model provides a qualitative account of both normal and disordered attention. Simulations of normal attention demonstrate 2-object costs and effects of object familiarity on selection, global precedence, spatial cueing, and inhibition of return. When lesioned, SAIM demonstrated either view- or object-centered neglect or spatial extinction, depending on the type and extent of lesion. The model provides a framework to unify (a) object- and space-based theories of normal selection, (b) dissociations within the syndrome of unilateral neglect, and (c) attentional and representational accounts of neglect.

Original publication

DOI

10.1037/0033-295x.110.1.29

Type

Journal article

Journal

Psychol Rev

Publication Date

01/2003

Volume

110

Pages

29 - 87

Keywords

Attention, Cues, Humans, Memory, Models, Psychological, Neuropsychological Tests, Perceptual Disorders, Reaction Time, Space Perception, Visual Fields