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    It is not the case that The function of attention is the management of capacity excess, not the management of capacity limitations.

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    • 1.Broadbent's filter theory demonstrates that bottlenecks in neural processing channels force selective attention before full stimulus analysis occurs.
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    • 2.If attention were managing excess capacity rather than limitations, early-selection filtering mechanisms like those evidenced in dichotic listening tasks would be explanatorily superfluous.
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    • 3.The existence of empirically well-confirmed early-selection architectures entails that capacity limitation, not excess, is the primary driver of attentional function.
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    • 1.Kahneman's resource theory establishes that attention allocates a finite, depletable pool of cognitive resources across competing tasks.
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    • 2.A system managing capacity excess would predict performance improvements under increased task load, yet dual-task interference studies consistently show degradation as load increases.
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    • 3.Therefore, the empirical signature of attention is scarcity management, not the governance of surplus processing.
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    • 1.Cognitive systems can process multiple stimuli simultaneously.
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    • 2.Because cognitive systems can process multiple stimuli, they can be distracted by those stimuli.
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    • 3.Because cognitive systems can be distracted, mechanisms of attention are needed to provide selectivity and focus.
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