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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.

Attentional Capacity refers to a hypothetical construct referring to the amount of information that can be processed at a time.

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Glossary A

Glossary A

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Attention hypothesis of automatization

Attention only control group

Attention span

Attention-grabbing

Attentional blink task

Attentional capacity

Attentional Capacity

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