...this effort of attention, he says again that " voluntary effort is always derived " (I. 416), and " there is no such thing as voluntary attention sustained for more than a few seconds at a time " (I. 420); "sensitiveness to immediately exciting sensorial stimuli characterizes the attention of...

...neighbor giving him insipid and unwelcome advice in a low voice, whilst all around the guests were loudlv laughing and talking about exciting and interesting...development is interesting it engages the attention passive! v for a time. Dr. Carpenter, a moment back, described the stream of thought, once entered,...

...all around the guests were loudly laughin" and talking about exciting and interesting things, iThere is no such thing as voluntary attention sustained for more than a few seconds at af ime. /What is called sustained voluntary attention is a repetition of successive efforts which bring...

...seconds seem a long time to hold any object which has no relation before the attention. James says : " There is no such thing as voluntary attention sustained for more than a few seconds at a time. ' ' Does it not, then, seem reasonable that during each wave or pulse of attention only one undivided...

...seconds seem a long time to hold any object which has no relation before the attention. James says : " There is no such thing as voluntary attention sustained for more than a few seconds at a time." Does it not, then, seem reasonable that during each wave or pulse of attention only one undivided state...

...seconds seem a long time to hold any object which has no relation before the attention. James says : " There is no such thing as voluntary attention sustained for more than a few seconds at a time." Does it not, then, seem reasonable that during each wave or pulse of attention only one undivided state...

...then it either disappears or takes on qualities of motion, colors, or some other imagined elements. "There is no such thing as voluntary attention sustained for more than a few seconds at a time," says Professor James.2 In working upon reaction times Professor Cattell tried delaying the signal preceding...

...careful observation confirms the statement made by Professor James,1 that 1 Psychology, i., 420. " there is no such thing as voluntary attention sustained...of successive efforts which bring back the topic to mind. The topic once brought back, if a congenial one, develops ... no one can possibly attend continuously...

...no such thing as voluntary attention What eoneeil. sustained for more than a few seconds tration ls at a time. What is called sustained voluntary attention is a repetition of successive efforts which brings back the topic to the mind."* Thus it appears that mind-wandering is not so • Principles of...

...involuntary attention), the reaction which the impression excites takes a much longer time " (p. 141). " II. There is no such thing as voluntary attention sustained...successive efforts which bring back the topic to the mind. . . . No one can possibly attend continuously to an object that does not change " ' (p. 141). " III....