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Selective Attention Theory explains how people focus on a specific stimulus while ignoring others, which is crucial in environments with abundant stimuli, like driving or monitoring control panels.

Divided Attention Theory addresses our ability to process different information sources at the same time. Relevant in multitasking scenarios, such as piloting or simultaneous monitoring of multiple systems.

Bottleneck Theory describes a limit in information processing where only a small amount of information passes to the conscious awareness at once, affecting decision-making speed in high-risk environments.

Feature Integration Theory by Anne Treisman suggests that attention is required for the combination of different features into a coherent perception, which is significant in interface design and error reduction.

Automaticity Theory focuses on how repeated practice leads to automatic response, minimizing cognitive load, and is valuable in the design of habitual procedures in safety-critical systems.

Multiple Resource Theory proposes different cognitive resources for different types of tasks (visual, auditory, motor), impacting the design of workstations for operators who handle multiple tasks synchronously.

The Stroop Effect demonstrates the interference in reaction times when the processing of one attribute of a stimulus is inconsistent with another, significant in understanding human error and information processing in complex displays.

Attentional Blink refers to the phenomenon where the second of two rapidly presented targets is often not perceived, highlighting limitations in temporal attention in fast-paced operational settings.

Change Blindness is the tendency not to notice large changes in a visual scene, indicating the importance of salience and highlighting in design to better attract users' attention in safety-critical monitoring.

Sustained Attention is the ability to maintain focus over prolonged periods, key in tasks such as air-traffic control or surveillance, suggesting the need for regular breaks and variation to maintain performance.

Vigilance Decrement describes the decline in attentional performance over time, particularly during monotonous tasks, necessitating interface design that supports vigilance, such as alarm systems.

Dual-Task Interference pertains to the performance decrement when an individual tries to perform two tasks simultaneously, illustrating the need for task design that minimizes this interference in simultaneous operations.

Cognitive Load Theory suggests that working memory has a limited capacity, which is key in the design of educational materials and instructions to ensure they are within the user's cognitive load limits.

Inattentional Blindness is the failure to notice a fully visible but unexpected object or event when attention is engaged on another task, mattering in the design of systems to prevent safety-critical oversights.