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Attended stimulus refers to the stimulus that a person is attending to at a given point in time.
Attention and Concentration Control (focusing)
Skill commonly used to help individuals identify their current situation and the relevant stimuli within that situation.
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.