Tendency to tune out or drift away in the middle of a page or a conversation.
We have attention spans of about 10 minutes before we lose interest and tune out.
"The key, I think, is to not tune out things you normally would, " he says.
Consumers tune out TV commercials, look past billboards and print ads, and ignore buttons and banners online.
Perhaps her lack of internet experience caused people to tune out, or maybe because of her constant barking.
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Maybe our brains work as much to tune out reality as they work to tune us into it.
They may tune out, forego purchasing health insurance and opt to pay a penalty instead when their taxes come due.
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Movie studios could also use affective webcams to tell when a test audience starts to tune out of a trailer.
We let ourselves tune out everything else and listen to what our instincts are telling us we have to do.
When each person stood up to present his strategy, everyone else did one of two things: tune out or poke holes.
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He wears headphones to tune out noise and chews gum when he takes tests, interventions that are making a difference for him.
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In between, Americans seemed to tune out, and there was little evidence that they paid much more attention to the Democratic and Republican conventions.
But the flip side is that users find mobile ads invasive and annoying even more so than desktop ads which are easier to tune out.
Lastly, all of the above causes too many people to simply tune out from political-economic awareness because of an understandable feeling of powerlessness and distrust.
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Reverting from revolutionary fervour to habits inculcated during the long years of Mr Mubarak's rule, weary Egyptians seem inclined to tune out of such disputes.
Still worse, it shed considerable viewership from the first half-hour to the second, an indication that those who did sample the series actively decided to tune out.
And given the well-worn path from creepy to cool, I intend to tune out the naysayers, and focus my efforts on the latter instead of the former.
Other changes are out of sight, such as new hardware designed to tune out the freeway vibration that could make a long drive in a truck a fatiguing experience.
They both appear to be singular talents with natural leadership skills, off-the-charts intelligence, and an innate ability to tune out the extraneous noise and focus on what is important.
Small wonder that voters pay the most attention to eccentric candidates and vote for quirky parties, or more often simply tune out and stay at home on election day.
He shares his writing with campers, if they are interested, as a way to encourage them to tune in to their surroundings and tune out the crowds and stresses of daily life.
People tune out because nothing is required of them.
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But like everyone else in the world he surely knew that he was taking on a patient with a reputation for using drugs to try to tune out the demons which afflicted him.
That exposure will give hockey its first legitimate chance to be followed nationally throughout the playoffs, instead of being a tribal affair which even devout fans tune out once their favorite teams are eliminated.
Until then, just tune out to the nonsense.
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"To some extent, they've learned to tune out some of the noise and understand that much of what is happening in the market today is actually happening in between investors' ears, " said Victor Szucs, a Dallas, Texas, planner.
He has shown an exceptional ability to perform under pressure, but many of the less dedicated basketball fans will tune out should he perform at a middling level or spend most of his time on the bench behind Kidd.
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