Attentional control
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Attentional control, commonly referred to as concentration, refers to an individual's capacity to choose what they pay attention to and what they ignore. It is also known as endogenous attention or ex
A person concentrating on their work
A person paying close visual attention to their use of a bottle opener, ignoring the other people around them
Cocktail party effect
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The cocktail party effect is a phenomenon wherein the brain focuses a person's attention on a particular stimulus, usually auditory. This focus excludes a range of other stimuli from conscious awarene
Attentional control
…two mechanisms interact oppositely so that when cognitive load is decreased, perceptual load must be high to increase spatial attention focusing. The cocktail party effect is the phenomenon that a person hears his or her name even when not attending to the conversation. To study this, a screening measure for attentional…
A crowded cocktail bar