We are Discovering Attention is Vital to Human Intelligence — Do Machines Need it Too? — Recknsense

Why do we say ‘pay’ attention? There is an implication that it costs something to do it. Using that word is closer to the truth that perhaps we realize. After all it costs us time and effort to focus our attention solely on one thing while suppressing the other things in the way. According to neuroscience, attention is a…