alleryWhat is the main job of attention in cognition?
AStoring every fact for many decades
BJudging actions as right or wrong
CTurning spoken words into written ones
DSelecting key stimuli and filtering others
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Selecting key stimuli and filtering others
1. Attention focuses cognitive resources on certain stimuli or features.
2. It selects some aspects while filtering out irrelevant information.
3. Long storage is memory, and judging actions is moral cognition.
_Source: Wikipedia, Cognition, Perception and attention_
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