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attentional

American  
[uh-ten-shuhn-uhl] / əˈtɛn ʃən əl /

adjective

  1. Psychology. relating to the mental state or faculty of attention.


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"Between attentional biases and depressive symptoms, we looked at the way that they were mutually predicting one another across the time points, which is especially novel and hasn't been done before."

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 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

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

Instead, they each gradually develop their own unique attentional preferences.

From Science Daily Jan. 13, 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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