Action-Centred Attention in Virtual Environments

A recent action-centred model of selective attention holds that attention depends upon the relation between the intended target, distracting stimuli, and the action to be performed (Tipper, Lortie, & Baylis, 1992). In contrast to many earlier studies, where perception and action seem to be dissociated, an action-centred approach stresses that what is perceived depends on how we intend to interact with the environment (Bootsma, 1989). …