The attention system of the human brain.

@article{Posner1990TheAS,
  title={The attention system of the human brain.},
  author={Michael I. Posner and Steven E. Petersen},
  journal={Annual review of neuroscience},
  year={1990},
  volume={13},
  pages={
          25-42
        }
}
Illustration de trois fonctions principales qui sont predominantes dans l'etude de l'intervention de l'attention dans les processus cognitifs: 1) orientation vers des evenements sensoriels; 2) detection des signaux par processus focal; 3) maintenir la vigilance en etat d'alerte 
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