Procedural control versus resources as potential origins of human hyper selectivity

Ulrich Ansorge, Christian Büsel, Moritz Stolte, Ulrich Pomper, Rebecca Rosa Schmid, Marlene Forstinger, Markus Grüner, Christian Valuch, Daniel Gugerell

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed

Abstract

In the current review, we argue that experimental results usually interpreted as evidence for cognitive resource limitations could also reflect functional necessities of human information processing. First, we point out that selective processing of only specific features, objects, or locations at each moment in time allows humans to monitor the success and failure of their own overt actions and covert cognitive procedures. We then proceed to show how certain instances of selectivity are at odds with commonly assumed resource limitations. Next, we discuss examples of seemingly automatic, resource-free processing that challenge the resource view but can be easily understood from the functional perspective of monitoring cognitive procedures. Finally, we suggest that neurophysiological data supporting resource limitations might actually reflect mechanisms of how procedural control is implemented in the brain.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer718141
Seitenumfang14
FachzeitschriftFrontiers in Psychology
Jahrgang12
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 26 Juli 2021

ÖFOS 2012

  • 501006 Experimentalpsychologie

Fingerprint

Untersuchen Sie die Forschungsthemen von „Procedural control versus resources as potential origins of human hyper selectivity“. Zusammen bilden sie einen einzigartigen Fingerprint.

Zitationsweisen