What's the difference between forgetfulness and inattention?

Forgetfulness


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.
  • (n.) Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
  • (n.) Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
  • (2) When tested 4 weeks later, they showed significant forgetting.
  • (3) They make a big deal when it happens, and then they forget.” The use of sarin has been highly contentious throughout the Syrian war.
  • (4) All freedom-loving people will miss him, but we will never forget his sacrifice and his achievements."
  • (5) But we shouldn’t forget that Gawker was not just getting sued over the Hulk Hogan sex tape case.
  • (6) Oh, and let’s not forget about him doing bad dance moves in a video making fun of Drake’s choreography in the Hotline Bling video.
  • (7) "We have vowed to never forget and we never will," he said.
  • (8) Seethetree Kingley Vale, Sussex Forget the colours of autumn; this place is sombre in colour and atmosphere but you will be walking among probably the oldest living organisms in Britain.
  • (9) You will also need to find alternative disposable bags for shops to stock while people get into the habit of bringing their own bag, however, and for when they forget.
  • (10) Also, if you want to press vinyl, forget it – leading up to this day all of the pressing plants are booked.
  • (11) This was generally mild and always fully reversible and consisted mainly of forgetfulness, occasionally hallucinations, nightmares and somnolence.
  • (12) Results for the backward-counting condition duplicate, for the retention intervals used, the shape of the classic Peterson and Peterson forgetting curve but indicate little loss of memory in either the rehearsal or alpha conditions.
  • (13) Forget about the infants' milk, only lucky children can get it.
  • (14) Effectiveness of the neuropharmacological actions improving the memory forgotten trace retrieval is shown to depend upon the duration of the spontaneous forgetting process.
  • (15) The first symptom of the younger brother (case 2) was also forgetfulness at 45 years old, then severe dementia was advanced, at last he died of pneumonia at age 53 old.
  • (16) Our board of trustees already involves [the ice hockey player] Ilya Kovalchuk and his wife Nicole, and we are now negotiating with [the boxer] Roy Jones Jr, who recently received Russian citizenship.” It is clear that Shatov is an achiever more than than a dreamer – a down-to-earth character who will never forget where he came from.
  • (17) Ultimately, we are fallible and forgetful, so the best way to solve the problem is as always choice-editing or design this inconvenience out.
  • (18) Nor should we forget why the Conservatives were so eager to seize that chance: they saw the opportunity to wipe out the achievements of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, who demonstrated, over many years of hard graft, that the country’s economic management was safe in Labour’s hands.
  • (19) Deliberate forgetting Wouldn't it be useful if our minds had their own refuse collection service – a way of selectively depositing those memories we no longer require while keeping hold of those that we do?
  • (20) Obama acknowledged he had read an article "in the news just the other day wondering has Washington missed its opportunity, because as time goes on after Newtown, somehow people start moving on and forgetting" This was not the case, he said.

Inattention


Definition:

  • (n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Response to a single, 5-mg dose of methylphenidate was compared in aggressive and nonaggressive attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children using objective measures of inattention, impulsivity, and activity level.
  • (2) ADHD refers to a combination of symptoms in the general areas of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity.
  • (3) Simple screening tests for visual and tactile inattention were used to investigate the influence of perceptual deficits on predictions for the outcome of acute stroke.
  • (4) Failure to check, lack of vigilance and inattention or carelessness were the most frequently associated factors with the rest of the reports.
  • (5) One hundred children referred for evaluation of attention and learning problems were administered a battery of tests including two vigilance tasks, other laboratory measures of inattention and impulsivity, and parent and teacher ratings.
  • (6) to extend a preliminary study of the internal structure of six measures comprising the 'conventional' subtests of the Behavioural Inattention Test (BIT) in order to develop a short screening test for visual neglect.
  • (7) Epileptic boys were significantly more inattentive and overactive than nonepileptic boys according to their teachers and parents, and they performed significantly less well on tests of sustained attention and perceptual accuracy.
  • (8) Children and adolescents who present with inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity constitute a large portion of the behavior problems seen in pediatric patients.
  • (9) These data must be considered preliminary because teacher ratings were the only source of diagnosis and a single measure of inattention was used.
  • (10) The authors present a case of transient left hemispatial inattention following traumatic brain injury in a three-year-old child.
  • (11) Significant right lateralized inattention was present on the spatial stimuli.
  • (12) Inattention to pricing policies can lead to increased total costs, windfall profits for some providers, and the loss of comprehensive coverage for high-risk individuals.
  • (13) Methylphenidate significantly reduced teachers' and parents' ratings of hyperactivity, inattention, and oppositionality.
  • (14) ADHD is a behavioral disorder of unknown etiology characterized by inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity.
  • (15) The four-year prognosis of patients with visuospatial inattention in a stroke register (altogether 255 patients) was studied.
  • (16) Work in the geographic and environmental traditions, in contrast, samples a broader range of map forms and functions, but it suffers from inattention to procedural details that makes the conclusions less compelling than they might otherwise be.
  • (17) Patients were assigned to the neglect group (N+) or the non-neglect group (N-) on the basis of their aggregate scores on the recently standardised Behavioural Inattention Test (BIT).
  • (18) The results indicate that inattention and somnolence negatively influence memory performance and should be taken into account when evaluating the Amytal memory test results.
  • (19) On a standard questionnaire derived from DSM-III criteria for attention deficit disorder, the math group showed higher scores for inattention, but not for hyperactivity, impulsivity, or poor peer relations.
  • (20) Attention deficit disorder is a common neurobehavioral problem in children that manifests as hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention.