Transformations in attending

pp. 56-85

in: Sven Arvidson, The sphere of attention, Berlin, Springer, 2006

Abstract

For psychologists or philosophers of attention, the fun begins in the moment that we realize attention is essentially dynamic. Attention is not as clear and distinct as the example of the dog in the garden may lead one to believe. Although the structure of the sphere of attention outlined above is invariant, the shape and contents are dynamic. For example, was I not thematically attending to something else before the dog? And after?