Mirsky A F, Anthony B J, Duncan C C, Ahearn M B, Kellam S G
Laboratory of Psychology and Psychopathology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Neuropsychol Rev. 1991 Jun;2(2):109-45. doi: 10.1007/BF01109051.
A model for conceptualizing the components or elements of attention is presented. The model substitutes for the diffuse and global concept of "attention" a group of four processes and links them to a putative system of cerebral structures. Data in support of the model are presented; they are derived from neuropsychological test scores obtained from two samples, the first consisting of 203 adult neuropsychiatric patients and normal control subjects, and the second, an epidemiologically-based sample of 435 elementary school children. Principal components analyses of test scores from these two populations yielded similar results: a set of independent elements of attention that are assayed by different tests. This work presents a heuristic for clinical research in which the measurement of attention is essential.
本文提出了一个用于概念化注意力组成部分或要素的模型。该模型用一组四个过程替代了“注意力”这一模糊和笼统的概念，并将它们与一个假定的脑结构系统联系起来。文中给出了支持该模型的数据；这些数据来自从两个样本获得的神经心理学测试分数，第一个样本由203名成年神经精神科患者和正常对照受试者组成，第二个样本是基于流行病学的435名小学生样本。对这两个人群的测试分数进行主成分分析得出了相似的结果：一组由不同测试测定的独立注意力要素。这项工作为注意力测量至关重要的临床研究提供了一种启发式方法。
