Procedural Control Versus Resources as Potential Origins of Human Hyper Selectivity
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 ea...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-558e6ce587e142f09f23f45388e6989d2022-12-21T19:17:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-07-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.718141718141Procedural Control Versus Resources as Potential Origins of Human Hyper SelectivityUlrich Ansorge0Ulrich Ansorge1Ulrich Ansorge2Christian Büsel3Marlene Forstinger4Daniel Gugerell5Markus Grüner6Ulrich Pomper7Moritz Stolte8Rebecca Rosa Schmid9Christian Valuch10Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaVienna Cognitive Science Hub, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaResearch Platform Mediatised Lifeworlds, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaGeorg-Elias-Müller-Institut für Psychologie, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, GermanyIn 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.718141/fullproceduresresourcescueingSimon effectdual-process (dual-system) models |
| spellingShingle | Ulrich Ansorge Ulrich Ansorge Ulrich Ansorge Christian Büsel Marlene Forstinger Daniel Gugerell Markus Grüner Ulrich Pomper Moritz Stolte Rebecca Rosa Schmid Christian Valuch Procedural Control Versus Resources as Potential Origins of Human Hyper Selectivity Frontiers in Psychology procedures resources cueing Simon effect dual-process (dual-system) models |
| title | Procedural Control Versus Resources as Potential Origins of Human Hyper Selectivity |
| title_full | Procedural Control Versus Resources as Potential Origins of Human Hyper Selectivity |
| title_fullStr | Procedural Control Versus Resources as Potential Origins of Human Hyper Selectivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Procedural Control Versus Resources as Potential Origins of Human Hyper Selectivity |
| title_short | Procedural Control Versus Resources as Potential Origins of Human Hyper Selectivity |
| title_sort | procedural control versus resources as potential origins of human hyper selectivity |
| topic | procedures resources cueing Simon effect dual-process (dual-system) models |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.718141/full |
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