self-attention

English

Etymology

self- +‎ attention

Noun

self-attention (uncountable)

1. (machine learning) A form of attention (prioritization technique in neural networks) where the data being examined, rather than some additional input, is used to determine what to focus on.
2. (psychology) Conscious attention to one's own physiological and emotional state and behavior.
   • 1986, Ralf Schwarzer, editor, Self-related Cognitions in Anxiety and Motivation‎^[1], Psychology Press, →ISBN:

     According to self-attention theory in general, it can be predicted that heightened self-attention leads to a closer fit between observed behavior and some underlying salient standard.

   • 2012, C. S. Carver, M. F. Scheier, Attention and Self-Regulation, page 45:

     Interest in the consequences of self-attention spread fairly quickly from social to personality psychologists.

See also

• transformer

Further reading

• attention (machine learning) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia