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Attention

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Attention is the mental process in which a person concentrates awareness on a specific object, issue, or activity and excludes other potential stimuli* from the environment. While the human brain has amazing capabilities for processing information, it also has limited capacity. A person cannot attend to all the information being received through the five senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch) at any one time .

* stimuli

(STIM-yoo-lie) are things in the environment that “ excite ” a person to function, become active, or respond. The ...

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