Glossary C

Glossary C

Central bottleneck is a class of attention models that postulate sequential processing of one task at a time

Central canal is the fluid-filled channel in the center of the spinal cord

central coherence refers to the strong tendency of humans to interpret stimuli in a relatively global way that takes the broader context into account.

Central command refers to the control of the cardiovascular or pulmonary system by cortical impulses.

Central control trigger refers to a nerve impulse that descends from the brain and influences the perception of pain

The Central Core (Brain) is found in all vertebrates.

Central executive refers to the proposed component of working memory responsible for directing the flow of information and selecting what information to work with.

- Central executive system : Central executive system is a term in Baddeley’s model of working memory (short-term memory or STM), that which is concerned with regulating the flow of information from sensory storage, processing it for longterm storage, and retrieving it from long-term storage.