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Attention Deficit Disorder refers to a chronic, developmental and behavioral disorder that initially manifests in childhood that is characterized by inattention, Distractibility and

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) refers to a chronic disorder that initially manifests in childhood and is characterized by hyperactivity, impulsivity, and/or inattention. Not all of those affected by ADHD manifest all three (3) behavioral categories.

Attention hypothesis of automatization refers to the proposal that attention is needed during a learning phase of a new task.

Attention only control group refers to a control group whose members meet regularly with a clinician but receive no "active" treatment.

Attention span refers to the capacity for sustaining attention to a particular stimulus or activity.

Deutsch: Aufmerksamkeitserregend / Español: Captación de Atención / Português: Captura de Atenção / Français: Captation de l'Attention / Italiano: Cattura dell'Attenzione

Attention-grabbing in the context of psychology refers to stimuli or actions that effectively capture and hold an individual's focus or awareness. This concept is significant in understanding how certain features of the environment or aspects of communication demand and sustain human attention over others. Attention-grabbing mechanisms are crucial for cognitive processing, influencing how information is perceived, processed, and remembered.

Attentional blink task refers to activity in which people attend to two (2) kinds of stimuli and usually ignore one kind that occurs within a short delay after the other one

Attentional capacity refers to the amount of information in short-term memory to which a person can attend.