What is definition of attention and its affecting factors?
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Attention is defined as the behavioral and cognitive process of selectively concentrating on a discrete aspect of information, whether deemed subjective or objective, while ignoring other perceivable information. It is a state of arousal. It is the taking possession by the mind in clear and vivid form of one out of what seem several simultaneous objects or trains of thought. Focalization, the concentration of consciousness, is of its essence. Attention has also been described as the allocation of limited cognitive processing resources.
There are two types of distracting factors, regarding Focus - Sensory and Emotional. An example of sensory distracting factor would be, for example, while a person is reading this article, he/she is neglecting the white field which surrounds the text. An example of emotional distracting factor would be when a person is focused on answering an email for example, and somebody shouts their name. It would be almost impossible to neglect the voice which is pronouncing it. The attention is immediately directed towards what is being said about this person...