Vigilance

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Vigilance is the act of watching for something to happen, of watching for danger. It is not something that humans are very good at, since it is difficult to concentrate and sustain attention for very long without some stimulus.

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Contents 1 See also 2 References & Bibliography 3 Key texts 3.1 Books 3.2 Papers 4 Additional material 4.1 Books 4.2 Papers 5 External links

[edit] See also

• Attention
• Attention span
• Selective attention
• Signal detection theory

[edit] References & Bibliography

[edit] Key texts

[edit] Books

• Stroh, C.M. (1971) Vigilance: the Problem of Sustained Attention, Oxford: Pergamon Press.

[edit] Papers

• Harkins, S. and Green, R.G. (1975) Discriminability and criterion differences between extraverts and introverts during vigilance, Journal of Research in Personality 9: 335-40.

[edit] Additional material

[edit] Books

[edit] Papers

• Google Scholar

[edit] External links

• A paper on vigilance in pdf
• Vigilance and Lifeguards

Attention
Aspects of attention
Absent-mindedness | Attention span | Attentional shift | Directed attention fatigue | Attention management | Attentional blink | Attentional bias | Attention economy | Attention and emotion | Attention optimization | Change blindness | Concentration |Dichotic listening | Distraction | Distractibility | Divided attention | Hyperfocus | Inattentional blindness | Mindfulness |Mind-wandering | Meditation | Salience | Selective attention | Selective inattention | Signal detection theory | Sustained attention | Vigilance | Visual search |
Developmental aspects of attention
centration | [[]] |
Neuroanatomy of attention
Attention versus memory in prefrontal cortex |Dorsal attention network | | Neural mechanisms | Ventral attention network | Intraparietal sulcus |
Neurochemistry of attention
Glutamatergic system  | [[]] |
Attention in clinical settings
Attention training | ADHD | ADHD contoversy | ADD | AADD | Centering | Distractability |Attention and aging | Hypervigilance | Hyperprosexia | Cognitive-shifting | Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy |
Attention in educational settings
Concentration |
Assessing attention
Benton | Continuous Performance Task | TOMM | Wechsler Memory Scale |
Treating attention problems
CBT | Psychotherapy |
Prominant workers in attention
Baddeley | Broadbent | [[]] | Treisman | Cave |
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