The allocation of attention may
also be dependent on foraging behaviour speculated that animal specialists that focus attention
on a specific food source likely have higher foraging
efficiency, which may give them an advantage over generalists
because they spend less time on foraging and more
attention can be allocated to assessing predation risk. It
is possible that too many stimuli can be overwhelming
certain predators may become confused by swarming prey
because they are unable to focus their attention on a specific
individual This confusion
could be a direct result of divided attention