attention

behavioral and cognitive process of selectively concentrating on a discrete aspect of information, whether deemed subjective or objective, while ignoring other perceivable information
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attention

Summary

attention has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • attention is a type of cognitive process[2].
  • attention is a type of cognition[3].
  • attention is part of psychological terminology[4].
  • attention is part of memory and attention[5].
  • attention's Commons category is recorded as Attention[6].
  • attention's said to be the same as is recorded as alertness[7].
  • attention's said to be the same as is recorded as Muraqaba[8].
  • attention comprises attentional control[9].
  • attention's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Attention[10].
  • attention's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • attention's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • attention's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • attention's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[14].
  • attention's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • attention's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • attention's has effect is recorded as Centre of attention[17].
  • attention's different from is recorded as meditation[18].
  • attention's health specialty is recorded as psychiatry[19].
  • attention's hashtag is recorded as attention[20].
  • attention's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cognitive process[2] and cognition[3].

Use and Application

attention comprises attentional control[9]. Part of include psychological terminology[4] and memory and attention[5].

Influence

Things named for attention include AIDA marketing[22], a model[23].

Why It Matters

attention has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] attention is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for attention include AIDA marketing[22], a model[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Q24768096. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Q24367300. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Q24768096. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . yandex.com. Retrieved . yandex.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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