Diethard Tauschel

The phenomenology of attentional control: a first-person approach to contemplative science and the issue of free will

Frontiers in Psychology March 12, 2024 Terje Sparby, Dirk Cysarz, David Hornemann V. Laer et al. 1 citation

There are two basic aspects of attentional control. The ability to direct attention toward different objects is typically experienced as a fundamental indicator of attentional freedom. One can control what one attends to and directing attention is a relatively simple task. In contrast, sustaining attention on a chosen object proves to be difficult as mind-wandering seems to be inevitable. Does...