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The changes in perception and attention you describe are consistent with trance states. One word to describe the experience is entrancement, an altered stat of consciousness involving heightened focus …

Depending on the size of the stones and other characteristics of the stream and stones, it could be clashing, rattling, grinding, whispering, tumbling (not exactly a sound, but still), grumbling, grat …

I would describe such writing as tangential and would also say that it lacks editing.

The word I would use is suspicious.

Instead of an adverb to modify retaining, consider approximating as a replacement for "partially retaining." "The model in question has several nice features and simplifies the problem at hand whils …

To remove any uncertainty, you could say, "My countrymen and I," instead of we.

Your friend the psychologist's way of relating to you is patronizing. You could say, "Don't patronize me." Also, for a psychologist to continually try to elicit a personal disclosure that way is intru …

A less metaphoric phrase might be a foregone conclusion. Definition of FOREGONE CONCLUSION 1 : a conclusion that has preceded argument or examination 2 : an inevitable result : certainty http:/ …

The phrase from military life short-timer has come into common parlance. Sometimes, it is linked to attitude, as short-timer's attitude. The idea is of someone who is near the end of an assignment and …

"A failure to take one's own perceptions seriously when they seem to be at odds with the world" lies at the heart of all kinds of prejudices and biases. Individually and collectively, people can persi …

The fault may lie not in your own attention or cognitive ability, but in the text you are reading. Some texts are more easily read than others--not because of complexity of the language or concepts, b …

I would say he overextends himself. Also, perhaps he has a hard time saying no. Anyway, he doesn't need a label, he needs a hand.

In your scenario, Person B can be said to sell Person A short. sell someone or something short Fig. to underestimate someone or something; to fail to see the good qualities of someone or so …