But the attacks, analysts say, might have less to do with any intrinsic Muslim intolerance than with the ideological chaos that reigns in the Arab world, where extremists routinely exploit popular anger and invoke Islam to draw attention to fundamentally political and even internecine goals.
Bacteria causing neonatal infections naturally attract attention and invoke a sense of injustice.
And, despite the premise, sex has rarely been invoked with less attention paid to the body — or, for that matter, to physical pleasure.
"The screen door slammed, and she said, 'Nana,' and I woke up and said, 'That's it, I have to have that house.' " When a social worker invokes a dream, attention must be paid.
Pay no attention to those who invoke the confidence fairy, claiming that tough action on the budget will reassure businesses and consumers, leading them to spend more.
Frequently, they are attention getters, and they often invoke happy nostalgia.
This suggests that same different tasks invoke holistic processing, and the application of attention to a specific property of the face (e.g., eye-to-mouth distance) decreases the efficacy of this holistic encoding but is not enough to invoke a shift to analytical processing.
While Mr. Zimmerman's defense team did not invoke Stand Your Ground in the courtroom, the trial focused attention on the law, which some opponents say makes prosecuting self-defense cases in the state difficult.
It was important not to invoke their ire, for to do so would have been to call attention to yourself for all the wrong reasons.
Instead, natural settings invoke "soft fascination," a beguiling term for quiet contemplation, during which directed attention is barely called upon and the brain can reset those overstretched resources and reduce mental fatigue.
