Selective (Focused) Attention

Authors
Affiliations

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Selective attention refers to the ability to attend to a task despite all of the other stimuli around.

Deficits

Functional presentation of deficit:

  • Easily distracted by any activity in the environment
  • Responds to background noise
  • Difficulty attending to therapist’s directions while in a crowded therapy clinic

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