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# Attention, Impressions, and Assent

Practices for noticing impressions and governing assent

## What These Exercises Train

These exercises train the sequence that begins with attention and ends in judgment and action. They help you notice impressions and first movements, create room before assent, separate events from added judgments, and examine what an impression claims.

## When to Use Them

Use these practices when a reaction begins, when an impression feels immediately convincing, or when you need to determine what actually happened before deciding what to believe or do. **Prosochē** supports the whole group by keeping attention on the use you make of impressions.

## Exercises in This Section

| Exercise                                                                                                 | What It Does                                                                          |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Prosochē](/wiki/exercises/attention-impressions-and-assent/prosoche.md)                                 | Maintain continuous moral attention to impressions, judgments, impulses, and actions. |
| [First-Movement Detection](/wiki/exercises/attention-impressions-and-assent/first-movement-detection.md) | Notice an involuntary reaction before it becomes an endorsed judgment and impulse.    |
| [Pause Before Assent](/wiki/exercises/attention-impressions-and-assent/pause-before-assent.md)           | Create a deliberate interval before accepting or acting on an impression.             |
| [Bracketing](/wiki/exercises/attention-impressions-and-assent/bracketing.md)                             | Separate what happened from the judgment added to it.                                 |
| [Examine Your Impressions](/wiki/exercises/attention-impressions-and-assent/examine-your-impressions.md) | Test an impression's factual, value, and practical claims before assenting to it.     |


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