In today’s fast-paced world, we are bombarded with constant information and distraction, all competing for our attention. In this ongoing battle for attention, it has never been more important to understand the nature of attention and dispel common myths. Knowing how your attention works enables you to manage what you do and the contexts around you – physical, social, emotional, and cognitive contexts. In this self-guided module, you will consider the following questions: 1) What does it mean to pay attention? 2) How does attention work? 3) What does research on human cognition tell us? 4) What adjustments can we make to our attentional spaces and strategies to improve our learning?
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For those interested in the relationship between human cognition and emerging technologies, we also recommend this story from the Harvard Medical School on the affordances and limitations of AI models designed to compensate for the shortcomings of human vision: The Limits of Computer Vision, and of Our Own | Harvard Medicine Magazine