# movements of the mind chapter 2 **Opening (not a real abstract):** Attention and Attending 2.1 Introduction There are three salient modes of attention: vigilance, attentional guidance, and attending as action. A detective has received a tip that a thief well-known to him plans to rob a jewelry store. The detective leaves intending to catch her in the act. As he surveys the possible scene of the crime, we depict his action space focusing on the visual domain, identifying relevant visual capacities exercised in response to each visible stimulus that he sees. For each, we assign inputs tied to his visually taking in (seeing) the stimulus, a potential target for action though most are irrelevant to his intention (cf. visual and cognitive fields of input; Section 5.7). The detective is primed to recognize the thief. As she has not yet appeared, the detective is vigilant for her appearance. Vigilance is a readiness to attend **Authors:** [[Attention and Attending]]