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BODY FUNCTIONS

CHAPTER 1
MENTAL FUNCTIONS
specific mental functions
b140 Attention functions
Specific mental functions of focusing on an external stimulus or internal experience for the required period of time.

Inclusion
functions of sustaining attention, shifting attention, dividing attention, sharing attention; concentration; distractibility

exclusion
consciousness functions (b110); energy and drive functions (b130); sleep functions (b134); memory functions (b144); psychomotor functions (b147); perceptual functions (b156)



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Sustaining attention Shifting attention Dividing attention Sharing attention Attention functions, other specified Attention functions, unspecified
Mental functions that produce concentration for the period of time required. Mental functions that permit refocusing concentration from one stimulus to another. Mental functions that permit focusing on two or more stimuli at the same time. Mental functions that permit focusing on the same stimulus by two or more people, such as a child and a caregiver both focusing on a toy.


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