Attention (disambiguation)

Attention is the mental process involved in attending to other objects.

Attention may also refer to:

Psychology and neuroscience

• Attention seeking, behavior which is intended to attract attention from others
• Attention span, the amount of time a person can concentrate on a single activity
• Selective attention, the process by which only a subset of stimuli received by our sensory organs are selected to enter the consciousness
• Attentional bias, a type of cognitive bias
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a developmental disorder
• Adult attention-deficit disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder present in adulthood
• Continuous partial attention, constantly paying attention to different things, but only partially
• Inattentional blindness, the phenomenon of not being able to see things (as of a cognitive filtering process) that are actually there

Computing

• Attention management, models and tools for supporting the management of attention at the individual or at the collective level
• Secure attention key, a key combination entered before a login screen is presented
• Principles of attention stress, a user interface design theory
• Attention Profiling Mark-up Language, an XML-based format for capturing a person's interests and dislikes
• Attention (machine learning), a machine learning technique that mimics natural attention in organisms

Economy and management

• Attention (advertising), the measure of an advertisement's ability to win the audience's attention
• Attention economy, an approach to the management of information that treats human attention as a scarce commodity

Music

• "Attention" (bugle call)
• Attention (band), an American rock band

Albums

• Attention (GusGus album), 2002
• Attention (Philmont album), 2009
• Attention!, by Alexander Klaws, 2006
• Attention: Miley Live, by Miley Cyrus, 2022
• AttenCHUN!, by BoneCrusher, 2003

Songs

• "Attention" (Charlie Puth song), 2017
• "Attention" (Doja Cat song), 2023
• "Attention" (Fat Joe song), 2018
• "Attention" (NewJeans song), 2022
• "Attention" (Omah Lay and Justin Bieber song), 2022
• "Attention" (Ulrikke Brandstorp song), 2020
• "Attention" (Vilija Matačiūnaitė song), 2014
• "Attention", by James from Girl at the End of the World, 2016
• "Attention", by Kep1er from Doublast, 2022
• "Attention", by Miley Cyrus from Attention: Miley Live, 2022
• "Attention", by Ringo Starr from Stop and Smell the Roses, 1981
• "Attention", by Tiwa Savage from Celia, 2020
• "Attention", by Todrick Hall from Haus Party, Pt. 1, 2019
• "Attention", by Tokio Hotel from Humanoid, 2009
• "Attention", by The Weeknd from Starboy, 2016
• "Attention!", by Kesha, Rose Gray and Slayyyter, 2025
• "Attention!", by XXXTentacion from Bad Vibes Forever, 2019

Other uses

• Sati (Buddhism), a Buddhist conception of attention
• At attention, the military courtesy of standing erect when ordered to
• Eight Points of Attention, a military doctrine that was issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong
• Attention (film), a 1946 Bollywood film

See also

• Meditation
• Philosophy