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Meaning of "selective attention" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELECTIVE ATTENTION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELECTIVE ATTENTION

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Selective attention is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELECTIVE ATTENTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cocktail party effect

The cocktail party effect is the phenomenon of being able to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, much the same way that a partygoer can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room. This effect is what allows most people to "tune into" a single voice and "tune out" all others. It may also describe a similar phenomenon that occurs when one may immediately detect words of importance originating from unattended stimuli, for instance hearing one's name in another conversation.

Definition of selective attention in the English dictionary

The definition of selective attention in the dictionary is the process by which a person can selectively pick out one message from a mixture of messages occurring simultaneously.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELECTIVE ATTENTION

select committee
selecta
selectable
selectee
selection
selection committee
selectionist
selective
selective abortion
selective amnesia
selective breeding
selective memory
selective service
selective strike
selective synchronisation
selective synchronization
selectively
selectiveness
selectivity
selectly

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELECTIVE ATTENTION

abstention
accreditation
attention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
contention
contravention
convention
crime prevention
detention
fire prevention
intention
intervention
invention
mention
National Convention
obtention
political convention
prevention
reinvention
retention
subvention

Synonyms and antonyms of selective attention in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «selective attention» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELECTIVE ATTENTION

Find out the translation of selective attention to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of selective attention from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «selective attention» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

选择性注意
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la atención selectiva
570 millions of speakers

English

selective attention
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चयनात्मक ध्यान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانتباه الانتقائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

избирательное внимание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atenção seletiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্বাচনী মনোযোগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attention sélective
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perhatian terpilih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selektive Aufmerksamkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

選択的注意
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

선택적주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pilihane sing selektif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chú ý chọn lọc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட கவனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निवडक लक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Seçici dikkat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

l´attenzione selettiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

selektywna uwaga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виборче увагу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atenție selectivă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιλεκτική προσοχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selektiewe aandag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

selektiv uppmärksamhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selektiv oppmerksomhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of selective attention

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELECTIVE ATTENTION»

The term «selective attention» is regularly used and occupies the 64.353 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELECTIVE ATTENTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «selective attention» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «selective attention» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about selective attention

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELECTIVE ATTENTION»

Discover the use of selective attention in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to selective attention and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Visual Selective Attention: A Special Issue of Visual Cognition
This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory.
Glyn W. Humphreys, H. Bundesen, Claus Bundesen, 1998
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Selective Attention in Vision
6.3 Objects Response competition originating from an irrelevant item—the phenomenon described in the last two sections—became of paramount importance in research and theorizing in visual selective attention. It was nearly generally ...
A. H. C. van der Heijden, 2003
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Neural Mechanisms of Selective Attention to Visual Features
Our sense organs are perpetually inundated with information about the surrounding environment.
Sean Patrick Fannon, 2006
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Cognitive Psychology
Basic Paradigms for Studying Selective Attention Suppose you are at a dinner party. It is just your luck that you are sitting next to a salesman. He sells 110 brands of vacuum cleaners. He describes to you in excruciating detail the relative merits ...
Robert Sternberg, 2008
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Imaging Selective Attention in the Human Brain
Presenting an overview of recent advances in the study of human selective attention with neurobiological measures, a review of the field highlighting new data from fMRI, PET, MEG and ERP methods.
Jon Driver, Richard S. J. Frackowiak, 2001
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The Psychology of Attention
The process of selecting from among the many potentially available stimuli is the clearest manifestation of selective attention. Two questions about selective attention have been the subject of most of the research reviewed here. The first ...
Harold E. Pashler, 1999
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Exploring the Role of Visual Selective Attention in Synesthesia
Individuals with grapheme-color synesthesia perceive colors, called concurrents, when processing alphanumeric stimuli.
Amy L. Ramos, 2006
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Handbook of Normative Data for Neuropsychological Assessment
Such tests are primarily designed to assess aspects of attention, such as sustained and selective attention. Sustained attention "refers to the ability to maintain a consistent level of performance over an extended period of time," while selective ...
Maura Mitrushina, 2005
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Age Differences in the Effects of Anxiety on Selective ...
Attentional bias to threat has been established as feature of clinical anxiety in adults and children, yet little research has examined anxiety-related cognitive processes in older adults.
Lewina Onyi Lee, 2007
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The Attentive Brain
q Selective Attention in Aging and Dementia Raja Parasuraman and Pamela M. Greenwood ABSTRACT Examining the changes in selective attention associated with aging and dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) can provide important  ...
Raja Parasuraman, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELECTIVE ATTENTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term selective attention is used in the context of the following news items.
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Attention to angry faces can predict future depression
New research suggests that it may be due to the things you pay attention to in your life. ... The study, "Selective Attention toward Angry Faces and Risk for Major ... «Medical Xpress, Jun 15»
2
Microsoft Study Finds Humans Have Shorter Attention Span Than …
Sustained attention measured how well participants responded to patterns, selective attention to spotting differences, and alternating attention to different tasks ... «Techaeris, May 15»
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iPad, text, telly … the high selective attention of multi-screening …
The research revealed that almost half (47%) of the people aged between 18 and 24 we studied have high selective attention because of their multi-screening ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Human attention span is now shorter than a goldfish's: study
The researchers looked at three different types of attention: Sustained attention is the ability to focus on one task continously; selective attention is the ability to ... «New York Daily News, May 15»
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Eyes Are Prone To Selective Attention, Can't Completely Ignore …
New research shows the human visual system's ability to multitask isn't always a good thing. With little effort we recognize objects based on their dimensions of ... «Medical Daily, Mar 15»
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2015 Skoda Fabia Does A Selective Attention Illusion: Watch …
The marketing campaign around the launch of the new Skoda Fabia continues to be one of the most creative we've seen in many years, especially in Britain. «autoevolution, Mar 15»
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What Did You Say? Study Finds Attention Span Affected by Multiple …
He identified three primary types of media consumers and analyzed their daily media usage factoring in selective attention, multitasking and passive monitoring. «ClaimsJournal.com, Dec 14»
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Are we paying attention to the onslaught of digital media?
But how much of that time are we really paying attention? ... After analyzing daily media usage and factoring in selective attention, multitasking and passive ... «USC News, Dec 14»
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Tracking the Source of "Selective Attention" Problems in Brain …
Newswise — WASHINGTON, D.C., May 9, 2014 -- An estimated 15-20 percent of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from some form of ... «Newswise, May 14»
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Study finds pigeons and other animals can place everyday things in …
Selective attention has traditionally been viewed as unique to humans. But as UI research scientist and lead author of the study Leyre Castro explains, scientists ... «Phys.Org, Apr 14»

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