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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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"Like digital memes, there may be limits to its attentional staying power, especially as we become more and more inundated with AI slop."

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 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

Among these innate abilities is a complex attentional system, finely tuned to detect the presence of others.

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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