We propose that attention-deficit disorder represents an inefficiency of an integrated system designed to allocate working memory to designated tasks rather than the absence or dysfunction of a particular form of attention. A significant portion of this inefficiency in the allocation of working memory represents poor engagement of the reward circuit with distinct circuits of learning and perfor...

Roger W h itaker Cardiff University ously wash floods of information over individuals . Both personal devices (mobile computers, smartphones, smart cars, and smart homes) and public ICT systems (digital signage and smart cities) create and share this data, making it difficult for the individual to allocate his or her attention to the right things at the rigt time. Given this overabundance of in...

In this paper we present an application of the auction mechanisms to the allocation of a chore (a bad) to one of the bidders belonging to a given set B. We also discuss an extension of such an application to the allocation of a set of chores among an initial set of bidders B. The paper aims at showing how the classic auction mechanism can be modified and adapted for the allocation of bads (chor...

Experiments with fish and birds suggest that animals are unable to simultaneously allocate sufficient attention to tasks such as the detection of an approaching predator while searching for cryptic prey. We quantified the effects of limited attention on performance in controlled laboratory settings and report here the first direct evidence that attending to a difficult central task simulating f...

In complex human-machine systems, the human operator is often required to intervene to detect and solve problems. Given this increased reliance on the human in these critical human-machine systems, there is an increasing need to validly predict how operators allocate their visual attention. This paper describes the information-seeking (attention-guiding) model within the Man-machine Integration...

In this study we advance current research on social influence in markets by examining how the recency and availability of information about others’ actions within and between different communities influence their allocation of attention and their evaluations. Specifically, we examine how the media and investors allocate attention to and evaluate newly public firms in the days following their in...