attentional
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"This part of the brain is like an attentional selection engine. It helps solve the question: 'What is most important information I should pay attention to right now?'"
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026
One way seems to be through the “distributed attentional focus” that music inspires, where we concoct images in time with the sound.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
But it’s the simple ones, known as vigilant attention and attentional control, that affect our driving abilities.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2025
We think that’s because when you are in a depressive state and you’re ruminating about negative thoughts and feelings, that’s actually robbing a lot of your attentional focus and your directed attention.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
But one of the things Dr. Watson and others have begun to understand is that people whose performance suffers less—who are, in effect, better “multitaskers”—see a lower load on their attentional networks.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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