Abstract
Attention is defined as the brain function and its accompanying behavior that concern the selective focus on a distinct part of a stimulus or an information and could be either external/objective or internal/subjective. Attention also leads to the selection of these parts which the brain will neglect (James 1890; Homskaya 2001; Posner and Petersen 1990). It is through attention that the limited mental resources are invested in real time, as the brain has limited ability to process the incoming information (Anderson 2004). Sustaining attention for a prolonged period is called concentration.
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