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<\/a>A high score at the range calls for you to pay attention to your front sight in a Narrow External fashion at the end of your trigger press (which means that the target will blur). Paying attention to the \u201cbig picture\u201d when assessing an ongoing disturbance requires a Broad External frame of reference. Mentally rehearsing your approach to a call requires a Narrow Internal focus. Imagining the likely future location of a \ufb02eeing suspect calls for a Broad Internal perspective. Because different tasks<\/span><\/p>\nrequire different ways of paying attention, they call for different degrees of activation. Building interpersonal rapport (contact) requires a much lower level of activation than insuring of\ufb01cer safety (cover).<\/span><\/p>\nAs activation levels increase beyond optimal people lose their ability to switch \ufb02exibly and rapidly between one way of paying attention and another. If you\u2019re over activated (angry at yourself) in reaction to an errant round at the range you may \u201cget stuck\u201d in engaging in negative self-talk (Narrow Internal perspective). As the degree of SNS activation continues to increase well beyond optimal, all humans inevitably and neurologically develop \u201ctunnel vision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nPick a performance you want to improve then study it (possibly including consulting with someone who has already mastered it) to determine which one of the four ways of paying attention is required at the instant of execution. Practice the skill with the goal of \ufb01nding the optimal degree of activation that lets you pay attention most effectively.<\/span><\/p>\nBlog Administrator: Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D. ABPP
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