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What prevents an individual from allocating attention the way that he/she intends to? What strategies can be used to avoid distraction?

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What prevents an individual from allocating attention the way that he/she intends to? What strategies can be used to avoid distraction?

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There are many reasons why an individual may be prevented from allocating attention the way she wants to allocate that attention. One of these reasons may be that the task at hand is difficult or time consuming and individuals will thus procrastinate on such tasks to avoid doing them. Another reason this may happen is if an individual has a lot going on she cannot figure out how to allocate enough attention on only one thing at one time. This may lead that individual to try to multi-task ...

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