Disattend

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To be distracted (from); used with to.

    "More specifically, they learn to move towards, and quickly respond to, positive stimuli ( e.g., portraits of happy faces) and disattend to, or shift attention away from, negative stimuli (e.g., mean faces, threatening animals)."

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"More specifically, they learn to move towards, and quickly respond to, positive stimuli ( e.g., portraits of happy faces) and disattend to, or shift attention away from, negative stimuli (e.g., mean faces, threatening animals)."

Etymology

From dis- + attend.

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