The precuneus is near the superior parietal area [ 39] implicated in the control of attentional switching, and switching attention between visual attributes [ 40].
Switching attention without shifting the spotlight object-based attentional modulation of brain potentials, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, 137 151; Valdes-Sosa, M., Cobo, A., & Pinilla, T. (2000).
We speculate that a high betweenness value for the nodes of the attentional network is compatible with the function of switching attention focus to different stimuli or tasks.
Menon, V. & Uddin, L. Q. Saliency, switching, attention and control: a network model of insula function.
Mr Darling tried to deflect attention away from Labour rebels and win over waverers by switching attention to the Tories.
Neuropsychological testing included tests of working memory, reasoning, inhibition, switching, attention interference and decision making.
Older adults also have difficulties with tasks that require dividing or switching attention, like cooking while chatting on the phone.
If someone speaks to me while I am reading, I have trouble switching attention to the speaker and then picking up the thread of my reading.
Switching attention between tasks and managing distractions takes up time and energy and can affect the quantity and quality of work.
"He was killed because his brother is an activist," he added, before switching attention to a younger man who was also killed on film.
