Attentional control refers to an individual's capacity to choose what they pay
attention to and what they ignore. It is also known as
endogenous attention or
executive attention. In lay terms, attentional control can be described as an individual's ability to concentrate. Primarily mediated by the
frontal areas of the brain including the
anterior cingulate cortex, attentional control is thought to be closely related to other
executive functions such as
working memory.