{"id":89830,"date":"2023-01-22T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=89830"},"modified":"2023-01-26T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:12:24","slug":"what-is-selective-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-selective-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Selective Attention? Meet Your Brain&#8217;s Handy Filter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is selective attention? What would it be like if you didn&#8217;t have it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re walking down a city street. A pigeon flutters just ahead of your step. A taxi cab honks. A hot burst of air shoots up from a vent in the sidewalk. Someone calls your name. Thankfully, your brain has a tool to sort through all these stimuli and tell you where to focus your attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to understand selective attention and how it works for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-selective-attention\">Selective Attention<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is selective attention? Selective attention<strong> <\/strong>is a type of effortful attention you use to filter through the flood of sensory stimuli and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/narrow-focus\/\">narrow your focus<\/a> on what&#8217;s relevant. Just as the name suggests, selective attention helps your brain select what&#8217;s relevant to pay attention to and choose where you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/attention-management-strategies\/\">direct your attention<\/a>. With robust selective attention, you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Focus your attention on one task or piece of information and ignore distractions.<\/li><li>Move your attention from one thing to another, and then keep your focus on that new thing.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Bypass emotional distractions and stay centered during stressful times.<\/li><li>Drop distressing or repetitive thoughts when they occur and direct your focus away from what&#8217;s worrying you.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These abilities are important because they help you engage meaningfully with tasks and allow agency over when and where you put your mind to use. Without selective attention, our brains would be overwhelmed with information and it would be difficult to make sense of the world around us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>How Selective Attention Works<\/strong><br><br>The abilities Goleman identifies above all reflect the ability to deliberately choose where to direct our attention. He isn\u2019t explicit about what exact cognitive processes allow for selective attention, but there are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplypsychology.org\/attention-models.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> two major models that explain how it works<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><br>In both models, your brain automatically picks up on certain features of something, like its color, shape, or sound. If the stimulus is important or relevant to you, it gets &#8220;tagged&#8221; as something that needs your attention and deeper cognitive processing. Then, depending on the model, your brain either completely blocks unimportant stimuli or &#8220;turns down the volume&#8221; on it so that only important stimuli get through to further processing centers.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Working to develop selective attention skills\u2014which you can do because it involves top-down processing\u2014will support you in having greater productivity, willpower, and better mental health. It\u2019s also an important component of practicing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/eckhart-tolle-meditation-mindfulness\/\">meditation<\/a>, one of the main methods of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-train-your-focus\/\">improving your attention<\/a> that Goleman recommends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Goleman discusses the benefits of selective attention, but in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-art-of-thinking-clearly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Art of Thinking Clearly<\/em><\/a>, Rolf Dobelli presents a counterpoint\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-art-of-thinking-clearly\/chapter-2#the-illusion-of-attention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our ability to narrow our focus can cause us to miss important details<\/a>&nbsp;He argues that when we concentrate on select things, we dismiss and ignore information around us that may still be relevant. An experiment called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2010\/05\/19\/126977945\/bet-you-didnt-notice-the-invisible-gorilla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cInvisible Gorilla\u201d<\/a> illustrated this phenomenon: In the experiment, participants were instructed to focus on specific details of a basketball game. Most people completely missed the giant \u201cgorilla\u201d walking onto the court during the game because their selective attention was so actively engaged.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is selective attention? What would it be like if you didn&#8217;t have it? You&#8217;re walking down a city street. A pigeon flutters just ahead of your step. A taxi cab honks. A hot burst of air shoots up from a vent in the sidewalk. Someone calls your name. Thankfully, your brain has a tool to sort through all these stimuli and tell you where to focus your attention. 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