From The Developing Mind, by Dan Siegel, 1999, p. 126:
"When an event has meaning for an individual, because it is discrepant from
prior experiences or because other evaluative processes label it with
significance, the brain is alerted to focus attention: "This is important!
Pay attention!" At this point, the orientation serves as a kind of jolt to
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