attentional
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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
For young people raised on smartphones, this has meant that most of them seem to lack the attentional ability to actually read news articles in their entirety.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
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
The idea was to deplete the participants' attentional reserves before doing the standardized "Attention Network Task" and going for the walk, which they do without their electronic devices or talking to anyone along the way.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
“The attentional limits we saw with pilots apply to drivers of cars. It was an important first step.”
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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