selective attention

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noun

psychol the process by which a person can selectively pick out one message from a mixture of messages occurring simultaneously

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How to use selective attention in a sentence

The generic image has been constructed under the influence of a selective attention, bent upon aesthetic worth.
The Sense of Beauty|George Santayana