OK, here I go...let me seeeeeeee.......... Obviously, given the rediculous (yet interesting) context you have established I can only give a pseudo answer.... I think of attention in these contexts as the agent choosing to occupy/filter certain selected sets of representations over others...The only way to really find out would be to meta model and observe the actual person, but I agree with you that it is possible to generalize as to the nature of attending... now, what are you thinking about? Constance P.S. I read a few of your earlier posts and am very excited to have a few very specific discussions with you in the context of the historical backdrop for NLP's development...get ready, JR.