"World's oldest calendar" - Mesolithic Lunar Warren Fields Calendar vs Solar Calendar of Neolithic Stonehenge & Irish Newgrange - Selective Attention-Orientation - "a" key to personalities, politics & religion: William James, J Bargh, Muzafer Sherif
1. "Selective attention," also called "selectivity bias"—the tendency to orient oneself toward and process information from only one part of our environment to the exclusion of other parts, no matter how obvious those parts may be." David DiSalvo 2. "Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are!" - Ortega y Gasset, a 20th century Spanish philosopher, introduced existentialism and perspectivism to Latin American philosophy. 3. Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us "We bring about a world in consciousness that is partly what is given, and partly what we bring, something that comes into being through this particular conjunction and no other. And the key to this is the kind of attention we pay to the world." Iain McGilchrist Neuroscience focuses on "selective attention as an evolutionary adaptive trait. In context of hunter gatherers, the norm was a lunar calendar – like the one at Warren fields. Native Americans predominantly used a lunar calendar as well. As a point of information, research indicates animal behavior is influence by the moon and the lunar cycle, as Davide Dominoni points out. A study of the Lions of the Serengeti show they are "night stalkers" Furthermore, "The prey — wildebeests, zebras, gazelles and buffalo — are all plant eaters. To meet their food needs, such species must forage frequently, even at night." (The moon has power over animals Consider how critters move, grow and even sing differently when the night's light peaks By Erin Wayman November 7, 2019 at 7:41 am Science News) Also, In context of a motivation for hunter gatherers during that stage in human development, the spiritual and religious beliefs in animal spirits would serve to focus attention of humanity at that time on animals which - at that time - were a primary source of their sustenance. Furthermore, in light of Erica Hill's analysis of Arctic Hunter gatherers which showed beliefs were integrated into society in roles and rituals, the beliefs focused attention of the community on the activity of hunting-gathering of animals. In contrast the orientation of Neolithic farmers – the orientation was on seasons.- which explains the solar orientation of Neolithic structures such as Stonehenge and NewGrange
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- The Centers (US)
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- Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
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- 2025-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17613/636kp-24k19
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- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
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