You look up the phone number of your favorite pizza maker and say it over and over to yourself as you walk across the room to the phone. Before you reach the phone, your roommate bursts in and exclaims, "Look at this-it's the new Pink album!" "Cool!" you reply. Then you become frustrated because you cannot remember the phone number. This is most likely due to interruption in the process of

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The interruption caused by your roommate's exclamation likely disrupted your selective attention, which was focused on retaining the phone number.

You Look Up the Phone Number of Your Favorite Pizza