{"id":7981,"date":"2019-05-22T16:02:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/focused_attention\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:02:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:02:44","slug":"focused_attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/focused_attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Focused attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A state in which attention is directed to one target, ignoring potential distractors. &nbsp;It is usually contrasted with divided attention. &nbsp; The inability to sustain focused attention is a defining characteristic of some children with ADHD.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"attention\">Attention<\/a>, <a href=\"attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder_-adhd-\">Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)<\/a>, <a href=\"controlled_attention\">Controlled attention<\/a>, Selective attention  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A state in which attention is directed to one target, ignoring potential distractors. &nbsp;It is usually contrasted with divided attention. &nbsp; The inability to sustain focused attention is a defining characteristic of some children with ADHD.&nbsp; See Attention, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Controlled attention, Selective attention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-7981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}