attention training

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Dictionary meaning

cognitive rehabilitation interventions specifically designed to improve attentional capacity across dimensions of sustained attention — the ability to maintain focus over time — selective attention — the ability to focus on relevant stimuli while filtering distractions — divided attention — the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously — and alternating attention — the ability to shift focus between tasks; attention training programmes such as Attention Process Training use hierarchically organised drills of increasing difficulty delivered with immediate feedback to drive recovery and compensation of attentional systems following acquired brain injury; attention impairments are among the most common sequelae of traumatic brain injury and stroke and underlie many other cognitive difficulties, since memory encoding, executive function, and language comprehension all depend on adequate attentional resources; training gains on attentional tasks show variable transfer to real-world functional outcomes, a key challenge in the field