Our inability to consciously process all the sensory information available to us at any single point in time best illustrates the need for

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Selective attention refers to our ability to selectively focus on certain stimuli while ignoring others. Because we cannot consciously process all the sensory information available to us at once, we must use selective attention to filter out irrelevant information and focus on what is most important or relevant to us at the time.

Our Inability to Consciously Process All the Sensory Information Available