pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"
INTELLECT
knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"