Attention

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Notes on Attention

David GrossJan 3, 2021, 9:52 PM

32 points

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Thoughts on ADHD

romeostevensitOct 7, 2020, 8:46 PM

94 points

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16 comments3 min readLW link

Have Attention Spans Been Declining?

niplavSep 8, 2023, 2:11 PM

72 points

27 votes

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22 comments17 min readLW link 1 review

Attention is your scarcest resource

benkuhnJul 30, 2020, 1:00 AM

99 points

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(www.benkuhn.net)

Attention control is critical for changing/increasing/altering motivation

kalla724Apr 11, 2012, 12:48 AM

285 points

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Experiments as a Third Alternative

Adam ZernerOct 29, 2023, 12:39 AM

48 points

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21 comments5 min readLW link

Training Reflective Attention

LoganStrohlDec 21, 2014, 12:53 PM

42 points

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Nudging My Way Out Of The Intellectual Mosh Pit

ElizabethJan 15, 2022, 11:40 PM

42 points

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Attention to snakes not fear of snakes: evolution encoding environmental knowledge in peripheral systems

Kaj_SotalaOct 2, 2020, 11:50 AM

46 points

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(kajsotala.fi)

Where do your eyes go?

alkjashSep 19, 2021, 10:43 PM

272 points

141 votes

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23 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences

sarahconstantinFeb 25, 2019, 8:40 PM

203 points

113 votes

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35 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

A mechanistic model of meditation

Kaj_SotalaNov 6, 2019, 9:37 PM

138 points

68 votes

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12 comments21 min readLW link

Suffering as attention-allocational conflict

Kaj_SotalaMay 18, 2011, 3:12 PM

73 points

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63 comments4 min readLW link

Streamlining my voice note process

Vlad SitaloDec 26, 2024, 6:04 AM

6 points

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1 comment7 min readLW link

(vlad.roam.garden)

What resources have increasing marginal utility?

Qiaochu_YuanJun 14, 2014, 3:43 AM

58 points

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From dopamine detox to enlightment

Stefan ScortescuMay 19, 2025, 8:27 PM

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Does GenZ have a shorter attention span?

Srijan SinghJan 10, 2021, 9:38 PM

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[Question] Building awareness habits (cognitive)

TeachNov 27, 2019, 1:36 AM

5 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Tune Your Cognitive Strategies

SquirrelInHellFeb 15, 2018, 5:54 PM

48 points

29 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

(bewelltuned.com)

[Question] Measures of Internet Virality and News Popularity

T431Apr 24, 2023, 5:43 PM

4 points

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Has anyone experimented with Dodrio, a tool for exploring transformer models through interactive visualization?

Bill BenzonDec 11, 2023, 8:34 PM

4 points

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Bounds of Attention

squidiousApr 5, 2018, 10:53 PM

26 points

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The Self-Hating Attention Head: A Deep Dive in GPT-2

Matteo MigliariniJul 4, 2025, 1:07 PM

12 points

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