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A watched pot never boils because of the enforced selectivity of attention to the pot ' , but if we are engaged with an interesting task our attention will be diverted away from clock time . Underwood argues that it is ' the ...
A watched pot never boils because of the enforced selectivity of attention to the pot ' , but if we are engaged with an interesting task our attention will be diverted away from clock time . Underwood argues that it is ' the ...
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Attention does not necessarily move by hops from one definite spot to another but rather ' by alternate diffusion and concentration , like the foot of a snail , which never leaves the surface it is traversing .
Attention does not necessarily move by hops from one definite spot to another but rather ' by alternate diffusion and concentration , like the foot of a snail , which never leaves the surface it is traversing .
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At the moment of experiencing B our attention is ready to shift to it from A ; and the slight effort that it takes to retain A in our attention up to and through B ( during the time of experiencing B our attention is actually divided ) ...
At the moment of experiencing B our attention is ready to shift to it from A ; and the slight effort that it takes to retain A in our attention up to and through B ( during the time of experiencing B our attention is actually divided ) ...
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UNIVERSAL TIME | 1 |
HUMAN TIME | 48 |
BIOLOGICAL TIME | 123 |
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