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Attention

Attention is the concentration of awareness directed at some task or phenomenon while mostly excluding others.

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Attention

Nodes103
Edges102
Triples172
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019417
Components1

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Attention

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related to Further reading · 17
Attention → Aspects, Bibcode, Britannica, Cheyne, Christopher, Definition, Facts, Lawrence, McCallum, Mole, Philosophy, Retrieved, Scholarpedia, The Stanford Encyclopedia, Theories, Vol, Ward
related to Clinical · 10
Attention → Alexander Luria, Higher Cortical Functions, Homskaya, In, In The Working Brain, Lev Vygotsky, Luria, Luria's, Man, These
related to Components · 8
Attention → As, Decades, Empirical, Experimental, For, He, The, Wundt's
related to Filter · 8
Attention → Anne Treisman, Broadbent's Filter Model, Experiments, Gray, In Treisman's, Selected, This, Wedderburn
related to Types · 8
Attention → Alternating, Although, Divided, Researchers, Selective, Spatial, Sustained, The
related to 19th century · 7
Attention → He, In, Later, Wilhelm Wundt, William Hamilton, William Stanley Jevons, Wundt
related to Perceptual load · 7
Attention → It, Lavie's, Nilli Lavie, Perceptual, The, There, This
related to 17th century · 6
Attention → Apperception, Berlyne, Daniel, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Leibniz, Nicolas Malebranche
related to Load · 6
Attention → For, Morse, Perceptual, Some, This, Under
related to Orienting · 6
Attention → Because, Exogenous, External, It, Orienting, This

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stimuli tasks focus often time attentional orienting one processing research information multiple across stimulus model cognitive resources divided also others

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Attentionis aconcentration of awareness directed at some task or phenomenon while mostly excluding others.Across disciplines0.90text
Attentionis aability to maintain consistent focus over prolonged periods of time0.90text
Attentionis aability to focus on relevant stimuli while ignoring competing or distracting information.It enables functioning in complex environments0.90text
Attentionis aability to process or respond to multiple tasks or stimuli simultaneously0.90text
Attentionis aability to sustain focus on a stimulus or task that may not inherently engage interest0.90text
electroencephalographyinstance ofalongside long-standing techniques0.80text
motioninstance ofis driven by stimulus properties0.80text
brightnessinstance ofis driven by stimulus properties0.80text
or sudden onsetinstance ofis driven by stimulus properties0.80text
is associated with regions in the parietal lobeinstance ofis driven by stimulus properties0.80text
temporal lobeinstance ofis driven by stimulus properties0.80text
and brainsteminstance ofis driven by stimulus properties0.80text

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