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In this commentary, I will focus on a few key issues and priorities for future research on individual differences in attention. More specifically, I will consider the following: (a) the kinds of tasks that are most relevant for assessing attentional and executive processes; (b) attentional biases and cognitive performance; and (c) the most relevant dimensions of individual differences.
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Eysenck, M.W., Matthews, G., Nęcka, E., Chuderski, A., Schweizer, K., Szymura, B. (2010). Individual Differences in Attention: The Commentaries. In: Gruszka, A., Matthews, G., Szymura, B. (eds) Handbook of Individual Differences in Cognition. The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1210-7_17
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