n early selection theory of attention holds that we need selective attention because: An early selection theory of attention holds that we need selective attention because: Attention prevents the bottleneck that could be caused by having to process too much information at once (information overload) Attention allows us to bind and integrate different channels (sources) of information Attention allows us to select only the information that should be entered in memory or that needs to be acted upon Attention is an extremely fast processing system that moves information quickly into the mind so that new information can arrive right after it