Selective attention mechanisms that screen incoming sensory information, allowing relevant stimuli to be processed while irrelevant information is blocked or attenuated.
Example: The ability to focus on a friend's voice in a noisy restaurant while filtering out background conversations, music, and other environmental sounds.
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