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Divided attention
Divided attention means allotting mental space or effort to various tasks or parts of a task. The ways in which a cognitive processor allocates cognitive resources to two (2) or more tasks that are carried out simultaneously.
Divided attention is the ability to pay attention and successfully perform more than one task at a time.
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