Attention and Perception: Two Pieces in the Bipolar Puzzle

This is the third in our series of looking at brain circuits to better understand our behavior and emotions, based on research priorities set out by the NIMH. Last week, we investigated positive and negative emotions. This week, under the broad heading of cognition, we look at an intriguing distinction between attention and perception.

Attention

Rather than look for a definition, it is much easier to conceptualize attention as a...

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