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The data gathered by your senses passes into your sensory memory. Visual data is held there for less than a second, before being erased if you do not pay attention to it. Attention is the vital first stage in the mental processing of any sensory input. If you don’t ensory pay attention, perhaps because you are ention, p thinking about something else, the th information simply goes out of your head.
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