according to wikipedia,
Absent-mindedness can refer to three very different things:
- a low level of attention (”blanking” or “zoning out”);
- intense attention to a single object of focus (hyprfocus) that makes them oblivious to events around them; or
- unwarranted destruction of attention from the object of focus by irrelevant thoughts or environmental events.
Absent-mindedness is related to memory failures. For example, Schachter treats absent-mindedness as one of the seven sins of memory created by Daniel Schacter. It is specifically under the subcategory, sin of omission. Absent-mindedness is simply a failure in attention, involving an overlap between both attention and memory in both the encoding and retrieval stage of memory. Absent-minded memory failures occur when one is distracted with issues or concerns, and he/she is unable to focus on things needed to remember. For example, Schacter exemplified the conditions of misplacing one’s keys or glasses. It is clear, however, even from this brief description, that the primary problem in absent-mindedness is one of attention. Recent research has reported that attention lapses may be direct causes of both memory failures as well as action slips.
i am at times absent-minded.. i admit that.. i fail to remember things over and over again.. that’s why i always have my list of reminders everywhere in case i failed to focus.. the problem there is, when i forgot where i placed my list..
it is hard for me to focus on something.. the more i try, the more i lose my focus.. even on human faces.. even if i saw a person for how many times now, i still don’t remember anything about the face.. but the good thing is, what i remember about that person are the way they talk, the way they walk, the sound of their voice, even the looks of their hair.. anything but the face..
daydreaming is one of my hobbies.. i think the main reason for it is that i am fond of reading romance pocketbooks..so don’t let yourself read so much romance stories because it will affect you so much that you would want to be the heroine of the story..
well.. that’s all.. just wanna share something.. enjoy!!! ^^
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