#attending__attention  the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
  exclusion:  inattention
  supertype:  basic_cognitive_process__basiccognitiveproces  cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
  subtype:  heed__attentiveness__attentivenes__paying_attention  paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"
     subtype:  advertence__advertency  the process of being heedful
  subtype:  clock-watching__clockwatching  paying excessive attention to the clock (in anticipation of stopping work)
  subtype:  ear.attending  attention to what is said; "he tried to get her ear"
  subtype:  eye.attending  attention to what is seen; "he tried to catch her eye"
  subtype:  observance__notice__observation  the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"
     subtype:  mind.observance  attention; "don't pay him any mind"
     subtype:  remark__observation  explicit notice; "it passed without remark"
  subtype:  notice.attending  polite or favorable attention; "his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice"

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