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In the last chapter, we discussed how neural systems of the parietal and temporal lobes influence selective attention to sensory information. Sensory selective attention occurs largely as a function of the spatial characteristics of information to be processed. The profound hemi-inattention and neglect that often results after damage to these neural systems reflects a failure of directed and selective attention relative to the temporal-spatial frame of reference within the environment.
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Cohen, R.A. (1993). Attentional Control. In: The Neuropsychology of Attention. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7463-1_10
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