attentional
adjective
relating to the mental state or faculty of attention.
inattentional
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a word derived from
attentional.
Example Sentences
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A good magician uses inattentional blindness to his advantage.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2019
Consider inattentional blindness— the screening-out of visual information beyond our attentional focus.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 15, 2017
Dr Lisa Fournier, an associate professor of psychology at Washington State University, reviewed Lewinski’s research on the effects of inattentional blindness on police officers.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2015
Such gaps in observation and memory, he says, can be explained by a phenomenon called inattentional blindness, in which the brain is so focused on one task that it blocks out everything else.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2015
It can even be a weapon against one of the most disturbing limitations that our attention is up against: inattentional blindness.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2013
