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Focus of Attention, Inside and Outside the Laboratory

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Attention and Self-Regulation

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Pay attention. Most of us use these words, in one form or another, every day. Said in a particularly strict tone of voice, they have struck fear into the hearts of schoolchildren for generations. Said differently, they are a cue that important secrets are about to be revealed.

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Carver, C.S., Scheier, M.F. (1981). Focus of Attention, Inside and Outside the Laboratory. In: Attention and Self-Regulation. SSSP Springer Series in Social Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5887-2_3

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