ABSTRACT
“You can’t do two things at once” is a familiar piece of advice but is it really true? The answer would appear to be “sometimes”. We cannot have two conversations at once or watch two TV programmes simultaneously. But we can talk while we drive and listen to music while we exercise. Also we can be distracted by things we are not currently listening to if they are relevant. These examples show us that the idea of attention is not a simple matter of “concentration”. Rather, attention is a multi-dimensional concept used to describe different features and ways of responding in the human cognitive system. Sometimes we can divide our attention between simultaneous tasks, but when we are behind the wheel of a car it can be dangerous. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315784854/f4c71875-4f19-42cb-a333-5898bcf0dfa2/content/page67_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
