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Attention
Concentration, Distraction

Attention is sometimes described as a spotlight, focusing your awareness on a subset of what's going on, whether in your head or in your environment. Some people have more control over it than others, and everyone has more control in certain situations (free of distractions) and on certain drugs (stimulants such as coffee and ritalin.) Not being able to pay attention leads to a state worse than death: boredom.

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Attention

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