Attention is necessary because the world contains too much information, and coherent action requires selection to manage potential information overload, as noted by Broadbent (1958) and Carrasco (2011).

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  Attention - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science - MIT

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• attention concept
• information overload concept