Reading a book and listening to music at the same time is an example of ____.

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Divided attention refers to the ability to focus on multiple tasks or stimuli at the same time. Reading a book and listening to music requires divided attention because the individual is attending to two different stimuli simultaneously. Selective attention refers to the ability to focus on one stimulus while ignoring others, inattentive attention refers to a lack of attention or focus, and lateralized attention refers to attention that is focused on one side of the body or space (e.g. paying attention only to the left side of a visual field).

Reading a Book and Listening to Music at the Same