Covert attention (IMAGE)

NIH/National Eye Institute

Covert attention

Caption

While focusing their eyes on a soccer ball (yellow), a player might be paying attention to a teammate (pink) in their peripheral vision. Their overt attention would be on the ball, while covert attention would be on the teammate.

Credit

National Eye Institute, NIH

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Public Domain

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