attentional blink

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attentional blink

noun

A psychological phenomenon when the brain temporarily loses the ability to process a second target stimulus if it appears too quickly after a first one.
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@misc{attentional_blink_2026,
  title = {attentional blink},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/attentional%20blink},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}