In this MRCPsych revision episode we explore the psychology of attention and how information is processed by the brain.

Topics include selective attention, Broadbent’s filter theory, Treisman’s attenuation model and later theories of attentional processing.

It also explains how abnormalities of attention and information processing contribute to psychiatric conditions, particularly schizophrenia.

These concepts frequently appear in MRCPsych Part A examination questions involving cognitive psychology and psychopathology.

This episode maps directly to paragraph 1.1.3 of the Royal College of Psychiatrists membership examination, MRCPsych Part A, syllabus.