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10 Things You Might Not Know About Attention

Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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The better we understand attention, the better we’re able to support learning. So what do we need to know about attention? I’ve been digging around the research, and here’s what I think is valuable.

1. Attention can be thought of as a limited resource. 

Attention is a limited cognitive resource that can be consciously allocated to various tasks. Attention has important constraints that affect memory and learning. First, people have a limited ability to pay attention; fatig

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