Translation of "Selective attention" into Icelandic

Involves focusing on one stimulus over others. Example: Choosing to look only at a red apple in a basket of mixed fruit. Selective attention refers to focusing on a specific object or stimulus while ignoring others. For example, when you’re at a party and listen to one conversation while tuning out the background noise, you’re using selective attention (often called the “cocktail party effect”)

The form of attention involved when processing is restricted to a subset of the possible stimuli.