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  2. 7 ways to improve your attention span and be more focused ...

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    How time blocking, sensory anchors and moving your body can help you tune out distractions and get focused. 7 ways to improve your attention span and be more focused, according to experts Skip to ...

  3. Attention management - Wikipedia

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    A person's attention set on their computer screen. Attention management refers to models and tools for supporting the management of attention at the individual or at the collective level (cf. attention economy), and at the short-term (quasi real time) or at a longer term (over periods of weeks or months).

  4. Attention - Wikipedia

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    Attention is best described as the sustained focus of cognitive resources on information while filtering or ignoring extraneous information. Attention is a very basic function that often is a precursor to all other neurological/cognitive functions. As is frequently the case, clinical models of attention differ from investigation models.

  5. Attention span - Wikipedia

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    Attention span is the amount of time spent concentrating on a task before becoming distracted. [1] Distractibility occurs when attention is uncontrollably diverted to another activity or sensation. [ 2 ]

  6. Attentional shift - Wikipedia

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    Attention in this theory reflects both current and previous attentional allocation, so that attention can build up and decay across more than one attentional fixation over time. This means that time to detect a target may be dependent upon where attention was directed before the target was presented and attention needed to be shifted. [8]

  7. Vigilance (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In modern psychology, vigilance, also termed sustained concentration, is defined as the ability to maintain concentrated attention over prolonged periods of time. [1] During this time, the person attempts to detect the appearance of a particular target stimulus. The individual watches for a signal stimulus that may occur at an unknown time. [2]

  8. Automatic and controlled processes - Wikipedia

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    Automatic and controlled processes (ACP) are the two categories of cognitive processing.All cognitive processes fall into one or both of those two categories. The amounts of "processing power", attention, and effort a process requires is the primary factor used to determine whether it's a controlled or an automatic process.

  9. Attentional control - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, research on attentional capture has two modes: voluntary and reflexive. The voluntary mode is a top down approach where attention is shifted according to high-level cognitive processes. The reflexive mode is a bottom up approach where attention shifts involuntarily based on a stimulus's attention attracting properties. [40]