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A recent study of older adults found that the greater the variability in their ________ attention, the more likely they were to experience falls.

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According to a recent study, older adults are more likely to experience falls when they have a greater variability in their sustained attention.

To add, the ability to direct and focus cognitive activity on specific stimuli is called sustained attention. One must use sustained attention to complete any cognitively planned activity, any sequenced action, or any thought.

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Older adults perform the dame with sustained attention; greater variability in their sustained attention, the more likely they were to experienced falls. Sustained attention is the capability to direct and concentrate cognitive commotion on particular stimuli. In order to widespread any cognitively strategic activity, any sequenced act or any thought one must have sustained attention. A sustained attention is essential because it is the basic necessity for information handing out, thus sustained attention is significant for cognitive progress. When an individual has difficulty sustaining attention, they often present with an supplementing incapability to adjust environment demands or amend deeds as well as inhibition of unsuitable behavior.   
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