3 Smart Things: What You Might Not Know About Attention
3 Smart Things: What You Might Not Know About Attention
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
February 19, 20191m 34s
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Show Notes
1. We gradually become less attentive as we age—and not just because we stop giving a damn. The phenomenon is due to a shrinking “useful field of view,” the feature of visual attention that helps us recognize at a glance what’s important to focus on. Studies show that kids have a similarly limited field of view, hindering their ability to register the complete visual world around them.
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