Self-attention
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Self-attention is a noun meaning (psychology) Conscious attention to one's own physiological and emotional state and behavior.
Meaning
(psychology) Conscious attention to one's own physiological and emotional state and behavior.
More Meanings
- (machine learning) A form of attention (machine learning method) where input sequence is compared with itself, i.e. the keys and queries are the same.
Example Sentences
Interest in the consequences of self-attention spread fairly quickly from social to personality psychologists.
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.
Antonyms for self-attention
Common opposites include cross-attention.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include self-focus, attention, selfism, mindsight, interest, focus.
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