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active attention

active attention In this historical usage, active attention is the mind’s effort to keep certain ideas before it by selecting, emphasizing, and holding them a little longer.

In this historical usage, active attention is the mind’s effort to keep certain ideas before it by selecting, emphasizing, and holding them a little longer. Rather than producing thoughts from nothing, it guides what comes next in thinking and action by favoring some ideas over others.

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Drafting source: William James, Principles of Psychology, volume 1. 1890 original; Gutenberg ebook 57628; snapshot required. “William James, The Principles of Psychology, volume 1, 1890” (fca72454f1995c69b072).
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