Receiver attention state determines signal success

Evidence

The success of a signal largely depends on the physiological status of the receiver engaged in more strategic functions. In this case attentiveness to the signal could be lower and the signal not considered. The receptiveness of the receiver may be influenced by other conditions or concurrent functions. Thus, in time of scarcity of foraging resources the priority is to find food and not to reply to a mating or social signal. Species under predator or parasitoid pressure can evolve a compromise. Aggregation can reinforce signals, as in frogs, but this could attract more parasitoids than would isolated males. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 571

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Attracting and commanding attention signals significance and quality in status systems. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 230; Impulsive transients grab attention by signaling state changes in physical objects — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1232; Attention operates as an ecosystem of echoes and variations rather than transmissions — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 531 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Attracting and commanding attention signals significance and quality in status systems. #qualifies (0.75) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 230
• Sustained attention is really repeated willful returns to the same object #expands (0.75) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 398
• Impulsive transients grab attention by signaling state changes in physical objects #expands (0.72) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1232
• Attention operates as an ecosystem of echoes and variations rather than transmissions #complicates (0.72) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 531
• Interfering noises resembling speech’s modulation fool attention and exceed their level #complicates (0.70)