Then there is what is called nonvoluntary attention.
"Principles of Teaching"
Adam S. Bennion
If attention comes in the second way, following interest, it is called nonvoluntary or spontaneous attention; if in the third, compelled by the will, voluntary or active attention.
"The Mind and Its Education"
George Herbert Betts
The things we see and hear and touch and taste and smell, the things we like, the things we do and hope to do-these are the determining factors in our mental life so long as we are giving nonvoluntary attention.
"The Mind and Its Education"
George Herbert Betts