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69www.i-am-magazine.cominformation, you are selective and filterout all the other items surrounding it. Bymaking the effort to select particularinformation and tune out others, you willbe able to dedicate more brain power tothe task at hand and complete it muchfaster.PerceptionPerception refers to the way that theinformation we receive is organized andinterpreted. This allows for ourexperiences, knowledge, and interactionswith the world. In order to betterunderstand perception, Lumen Learningrefers to it as the psychological version ofsensations.When you feel or taste something, youare undergoing a physical process. Whenyou take into account the experience thatthe sensation provided and react to it,perception comes into play.Attention plays a crucial role in theperception process. By focusing on aconversation or a specific activity, youare filtering out the noise or othersurrounding factors in order to listen orcontribute to the situation.Since attention and perception go handin hand, it is important to practice payingattention to the way you perceive certainthings as well as selecting importantinformation to interpret. This will allowyour brain function to be very productiveand engrossed in the situations in frontof you.FocusFocus and concentration are two verychallenging brain functions to master.With the abundance of technology anddistractions prevalent in society, it takesa lot of effort to focus on a specific taskor even a long conversation.Focus is defined as the way that anindividual concentrates their interest onsomething.