preattend

present singular third person preattends · participle present preattending · participle past preattended · past preattended

1. To attend ahead of time; to pay attention to or consider in advance.

   Preattending is a preliminary step in learning; it involves looking at the materials, listening, and sitting quietly during instruction.

   2002, David W. Barnett, Susan H. Bell, Karen T. Carey, Designing Preschool Interventions: A Practitioner's Guide, →ISBN, page 174

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   While it had been previously concluded (Posner, 1980) that preattended locations are reached after shorter (manual) reaction times in comparison with non attended ones, the investigators mentioned above found, on the other hand, that saccadic reaction times were delayed for attended target locations.

   1995, J.M. Findlay, R. Walker, R.W. Kentridge, Eye Movement Research: Mechanisms, Processes and Applications, →ISBN

   The reason for this approach, in terms of the argument presented in this chapter, is that only the farmers can fully preattend to the effects of a recommendation on...

   2016, Agricultural Decision Making, →ISBN, page Peggy F. Barlett