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 |