What do the 2 words, sustained attention, mean?

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pgd
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31 Jan 2011, 11:45 am

What do the two words - sustained attention - mean to you?



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31 Jan 2011, 12:13 pm

the commonly used methods of focusing on a particular subject and ''disregarding'' other information while doing so...
edit:Im wrong by the way that was the fist thing that came to mind ^


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31 Jan 2011, 12:32 pm

pgd wrote:
What do the two words - sustained attention - mean to you?



Well, "sustained" means that you can keep it up over a period of time. So sustained attention means to be able to pay attention, not just for a few minutes, but for, say, an entire university lecture, or something like that.



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31 Jan 2011, 12:55 pm

Sustained - continuous

Attention - cognisance of a thing


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31 Jan 2011, 1:17 pm

Keeping attention fully focused on a subject (i.e lecture) for the entire duration of the subject without distractions in attention.



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31 Jan 2011, 3:08 pm

To me it could mean courage to experience the silence in communications.



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31 Jan 2011, 11:15 pm

first thing that comes to mind is paying attention to something for and extended period of time.


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