The chemistry of concentration
The global history of training attention
The modern focus thieves
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007skaty The Modern Focus Thieves
Twenty-three minutes, twenty-three minutes, To get your focus back.
007skaty Unpredictable notification rewards trigger dopamine in your brain, explaining why you constantly check your phone like a slot
007skaty Dodge the incoming alerts to learn how modern focus thieves hijack your brain.
Goldfish myth: A famous claim that humans have shorter attention spans than goldfish is actually a myth started by an advertising agency.
Something that prevents someone from giving their full attention to a particular task. A 2015 Microsoft study showed digital interruptions reduced the average human attention span to eight seconds.
Which part of the brain is triggered by sudden background noises, disrupting your concentration?
What type of reward schedule is used by social media apps to keep users checking for notifications?
What did a 2009 Stanford University study discover about people who frequently multitask?
What is the term for the mental distraction that lingers after switching from one task to another?
According to a 2018 Harvard study, by what percentage did face-to-face collaboration drop in open-plan offices?
The popular but false internet myth about declining attention spans compared humans to what animal?
According to researcher Gloria Mark, how long does it take to fully refocus after an interruption?