A subject that attracts more and more attention with each passing day: Attention deficit/difficulty/disorder.
The most striking features of the child with the start of school life are; not being able to continue the game that has been started, not sitting at the desk as long as his age requires, listening to his teacher. After a short time, complaints such as distraction or interest in other things increase gradually.
So how can we define attention, is it just about continuing the work that has been started for a long enough time?
Attention, focus, concentration are words that are often used interchangeably in daily practice. Concentrating on a task while being busy, being able to draw attention from it when necessary, focusing on more than one task, being (not) affected by distractions are processes related to attention.
Accordingly, it can be sustained (long-term ) attention, selective attention, modifiable/shiftable attention, and divided attention.
Sustainable Attention
To be able to continue activities of daily living We can call the most basic amount of attention required for “vigilance” or “vitality”. In a state of low alertness/vitality, we cannot concentrate enough on our work. On the other hand, in cases of extreme arousal such as fear and anxiety, it will not be possible to direct it to a single point, that is, to focus, although there is plenty of attention. Therefore, excessive anxiety is one of the factors that negatively affect attention.
Long-term attention; It's about staying focused on one activity while playing games, reading, doing homework, listening to someone. An external stimulus, such as an external sound, or an internal stimulus, such as other thoughts occupying the mind, interrupts its maintenance. varies depending on the difficulty of the activity that is being tried to be sustained. For example, children can be distracted more easily while listening to a difficult lesson or a topic that is not in their area of interest.
Selective Attention
Despite the stimulus bombardment, choose only one of them� Being able to turn to it is about selective attention. It's a filter that determines which data source to focus on and which to disable, such as selecting a movie poster and focusing on it while walking down a crowded and noisy street, or focusing on the intensity of light on the stage in the theatre.
the one in question. If we consider the burden of trying to focus on many things at the same time, we can better understand the importance of this filtering system. Some things are much easier to catch our attention, for example, a paper/screen with our name on it draws our attention much more easily and quickly. Speakers also have a choice between looking at their eyes and mouths. It has been observed that babies who direct their attention to the lips of the speaker while the other person is speaking use more words.
Switchable/Slidable Attention
Questions to us while reading a book This type of attention comes into play when we need to respond to someone who asks. We shift the focus from the book to the source of the question and back to the book. From the point of view of attention, it is the ability to change the goal quickly and adapt to it, its development begins in the first year of life and improves with age.
Divided Attention:
It is the type of attention we need when we aim for more than one purpose at the same time, such as packing our bags while singing, or talking on the phone while walking. It's a more controversial area than other genres because some researchers argue that one has priority in terms of concentration, even when doing simultaneous tasks.
Attention/Movement
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Apart from all these modes of existence, it is also important that the attention be elastic and move freely. What is meant is being able to focus on one place and then be able to break away from that place and focus on a new point. Otherwise, staying at the same point all the time will make it impossible to continue daily life. This point is related to language in some of the children with attention problems. It also coincides with the phrase “stuck on a subject, a point”.
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