Attention

William James described attention as concentrating, shutting out other activities or information to devote more mental resources to the object on which you want to focus.

According to Palmer (1999), attention is a concentration of mental activity that allows cognitive processes to take in selected aspects of the environment, limiting information.

According to De Weerd (2003a) and Rao (2003), attention is the means by which we actively process a limited amount of information from the enormous amount of information available through our senses, stored memories, and other cognitive processes.

<p>Ross (1951) defined attention as 'the process of selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main function of attention is to concentrate mental activity, limit information, and actively process a selected amount of information from our senses, stored memories, and other cognitive processes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A concentration of mental activity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To actively process a limited amount of information</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>As concentrating and shutting out other activities or information</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It allows us to actively process a limited amount of information</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>As the process of actively processing a limited amount of information</p> Signup and view all the answers