How many types of attention are there? Part 1 | Neurons
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How many types of attention are there? Part 1 | Neurons
The condition in which the mind “stands back” to observe its own state and activities is called metacognitive introspective awareness. 13 Attention, on the other hand, can’t observe activities of the mind because its movements and abstracting of information from awareness are activities of the mind. In other words, we can’t attend to attention. Whe
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