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. 2022 Nov 15;44(4):63. doi: 10.1007/s40656-022-00538-3

Table 2.

Taxonomy of Definitions of Attention

1. Behaviorist A. Behaviorism
B. Behavioral Markers
2. Phenomenal A. Chief Tenancy of Consciousness
B. Confidence
C. Clarity / Vividness
D. Salience
E. Fixedness
F. Directedness
3. Mechanistic A. Parts I. Anatomical Regions
II. Connectomes
B. Operations I. Access a. Simple Access (but not accessibility)
b. Abundance
c. Increase / Amplification
d. Maintenance
e. Influence / Effects
II. Detection / Recognition a. Orienting
b. Vigilance / Monitoring
c. Scanning / Searching
d. Expectation
e. Alerting
f. Tracking
III. Selection a. Filtering
b. Gateway
c. Spotlight
d. Zoom In / Out
e. Exclusion / Suppression / Absorption / Dedication / Absence of Distraction
f. Competition
g. Selection for Action
IV. Control
V. Coherence
C. Organization I. Cyclic Pathways
II. Feedback Loops
III. Contextual Interconnection