Managers should manage attention like a zero-sum game, capitalizing on survival and competitive instincts to keep employees focused on crucial corporate tasks.

Getting the attention you need.

Attention is the key to success in all fields, and it is crucial for success in the digital age.

Attention Is All We Need!

Wayne Wu argues that attention is necessary for action: since action requires a solution to the ‘Many–Many Problem’, and since only attention can solve the Many–Many Problem, attention is necessary for action. We question the first of these two steps and argue that it is based on an oversimplified distinction between actions and reflexes. We argue for a more complex typology of behaviours where one important category is action that does not require a solution to the Many–Many Problem, and so does not require attention.

Action without attention

Unification in machine learning may introduce epistemic and ethical risks, potentially marginalizing underrepresented perspectives and centralizing power.

Should attention be all we need? The epistemic and ethical implications of unification in machine learning

Our novel AttendOut dropout method improves task-specific tuning in self-attention based language models, resulting in stronger results on extensive natural language processing tasks.

Not All Attention Is All You Need

The proposed Extractors improve the performance of the Transformer architecture while reducing computational and memory complexity, potentially running faster than the self-attention mechanism.

Attention Is Not All You Need Anymore

Training to attend to specific cues does not significantly improve conservation of length, number, mass, and liquid quantity, suggesting instead that training induces general, abstract quantitative knowledge.

Attention and cognition

Depression leads to impairments in goal-directed attention, negatively impacting daily functioning and highlighting the need for targeted pharmacological, brain stimulation, and behavioral interventions.

Paying attention to attention in depression

The term "attention" is a misleading and unreliable label for a specific functional or neural system, and instead focus on behaviorally relevant selection processes and the systems that implement them.

No one knows what attention is

Attention selectively enhances relevant information in the brain by increasing the strength of selected neural representations and routing them through the brain's large-scale network.

From Behavior to Neural Dynamics: An Integrated Theory of Attention

Neuromodulation of attention affects single neurons and networks, shaping their properties and enabling appropriate allocation of attention to relevant external or internal events.

Neuromodulation of Attention

This paper proposes a unified model for attention architectures in natural language processing, categorizes them based on four dimensions, and highlights ongoing research and open challenges in the field.

Attention in Natural Language Processing

Attention and mindfulness in Buddhism share a significant affinity, but also differ in terms of presence and receptiveness.

Attention and Mindfulness

This survey provides a comprehensive overview of attention models in neural networks, introducing a taxonomy and guiding practitioners in developing attention-based approaches for various applications.

An Attentive Survey of Attention Models

A common network approach to psychological science, linking neural networks, genes, and socialization, can unify various areas and help predict and understand human behavior in its varied forms.

Research on attention networks as a model for the integration of psychological science.

Shared attention, a mental state, impacts memory, motivation, judgment, emotion, and behavior, with potential implications for living in the digital world.

Shared Attention

Attention in neuroscience and psychology can be used to enhance artificial neural networks, with potential for complex and integrative systems.

Attention in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Machine Learning

Active attention is crucial for effective caregiving, as it enables the practice of good care by recognizing and responding to care needs.

Care and attention

Top-down attention and consciousness are distinct brain processes that can occur separately and independently, with opposing effects and varying effects on perceptually invisible objects.

Attention and consciousness: two distinct brain processes

Contemporary debates on attention raise questions about its nature, highlighting the need for an anti-reductionist theory to reconcile pre-theoretical conceptions with scientific understandings.

The Nature of Attention

Some studies suggest attention is crucial for success and enhances relevant information in the brain, while other studies argue that not all actions require attention and that the term "attention" may be misleading.