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Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves on our ability to multitask - read work email, reply to a text, check Facebook, watch a video clip. Talk on the phone, send a text, drive a car. Enjoy family dinner with a glowing smartphone next to our plates. We can do it all, 24/7! Never mind the errors in the email, the near-miss on the road, and the unheard conversation at the table. In The Distracted Mind, Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen - a neuroscientist and a psychologist - explain why our brains aren't built for multitasking, and suggest better ways to live in a high-tech world without giving up our modern technology. The authors explain that our brains are limited in their ability to pay attention. We don't really multitask but rather switch rapidly between tasks. Distractions and interruptions, often technology-related - referred to by the authors as "interference" - collide with our goal-setting abilities. We want to finish this paper/spreadsheet/sentence, but our phone signals an incoming message and we drop everything. Even without an alert, we decide that we "must" check in on social media immediately.

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Book category Books in English Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Interdisciplinary studies Cognitive science

• Full title: Distracted Mind
• Author: Dr. Adam Gazzaley, Rosen, Larry D., PH.D.
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780262534437
• ISBN: 9780262534437
• ID: 16084605
• Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
• Weight: 386 g
• Dimensions: 152 × 229 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. October 2017

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