“Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.” WayChildrenHelpingTogetherNumbersAttentionWifeFailingHusbandDemandFaultsInstanceHusband And WifeConcentratingArmourHusband Wife Author:Richard Armour
“Deep attention, the cognitive style traditionally associated with the humanities, is characterized by concentrating on a single object for long periods (say, a novel by Dickens), ignoring outside stimuli while so engaged, preferring a single information stream, and having a high tolerance for long focus times. Hyper attention is characterized by switching focus rapidly among different tasks, preferring multiple information streams, seeking a high level of stimulation, and having a low tolerance for boredom.” LongDifferentHumanityLevelsAttentionNovelFocusStyleInformationObjectsPeriodsLowsTasksSeekingToleranceEngagedStreamsBoredomMultipleStimulusConcentratingCognitiveHigh LevelDickensStimulationHyperSwitching Author:N. Katherine Hayles
“Instead of concentrating on the war against poverty, global attention is focused on another kind of slaughter - on something that is intangible and yet being tackled by all the possible military means we can muster. And all the lofty declarations by world leaders about combatting poverty that were lauded by the General Assembly turned out to be damp squibs.” WorldKindMeanWarAttentionLeaderPovertyMilitaryFocusedDeclarationAssemblySlaughterLoftyConcentratingIntangibleWorld LeaderDampMusterGeneral Assembly Author:Muhammad Yunus