attention

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term attention

Referenced by:
consideration (alternative term)
paying attention (alternative term)
take to mind (alternative term)
taking to mind (alternative term)
Tibetan yid-la byed-pa
Sanskrit manasi
Pali
Definition The ever-functioning mental factor that engages mental activity with a specific cognitive object. The cognitive engagement may be merely to pay some level of attention to the object (strong or weak), or to focus on the object in a certain way (painstakingly, effortlessly, etc.), or to consider the object in a certain way (concordantly or discordantly). Also called: paying attention, consideration, take to mind, taking to mind.