Alison Gopnik - As adults, when we attend to something in the world we are vividly conscious of that...

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As adults, when we attend to something in the world we are vividly conscious of that particular thing, and we shut out the surrounding world. The classic metaphor is that attention is like a spotlight, illuminating one part of the world and leaving the rest in darkness.

Alison Gopnik

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Wenn wir uns als Erwachsene um etwas in der Welt kümmern, sind wir uns dieser besonderen Sache bewusst, und wir schließen die umgebende Welt aus. Die klassische Metapher ist, dass Aufmerksamkeit wie ein Scheinwerfer ist, der einen Teil der Welt beleuchtet und den Rest im Dunkeln lässt.

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