At a certain point babies fully comprehend the attention-getting purpose of the pointing gestures of parents, and indeed duly focus on the shared object of contemplation several months (on average) before they start pointing with vigor themselves.
He argued that the span of attention could comprehend somewhere around seven information items.
Throughout elementary school and middle school, Sarah had noticeable difficulty paying attention and comprehending concepts that other children picked up easily, Mrs. Ludwig said: "There was just always something that she couldn't grasp".
The focus of this paper is the macro micro study of educational material presented to students, and the ways this can be comprehended and understood through attention to its functional structure.
Last week while babysitting my grandson, the concept of "seeing only what my mind is prepared to comprehend," was brought to my attention.
Instead of helping us understand ourselves, modern philosophers were mired in interminable disputes evident even to "the rabble without doors"—giving rise to "the common prejudice against metaphysical reasonings of all kinds", that is, "every kind of argument which is in any way abstruse, and requires some attention to be comprehended" (T xiv.3).
I don't care if you have to pound your fists on the table and say, "Paulett, I don't think you're comprehending it, I want your full attention, listen to me, this is what I am telling you".
Now I thought I had pretty good control of a cricket ball but during this session Anderson was producing staggering precision – attention to detail I struggled to comprehend.
She could not comprehend that we, as an organization, are paying attention to hard working people who have it really tough in this country.
As a result, we are compelled to look at them, and to look at them again, paying attention to every detail, trying to comprehend what is going on with these kids.
In Turkey, design for sustainability is still comprehended as an issue of production needing the attention and expertise of designers.
