brain relies on three essential processes: Attention: the ability to focus on relevant stimuli, and block out what is not relevant: “Pay attention!” Inhibition: the ability to “not do” certain actions that could be distracting, irrelevant, or even destructive: “Don’t do that!” Working Memory: the ability to retain and access relevant information for reasoning, decision making, and taking future actions: “Remember and build on relevant information.” In other words, our brains need to be able to: (a) focus on something specific, (b) not get off track by
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