The Thirty Second Mind
The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember
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the bouncer is besieged in an unprecedented way. In addition to switching tasks like never before, our brains are also being forced to filter more frantically than at any point in our past.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
When it comes to focused attention, we focus on one thing only, something we can sustain for only a few seconds. The maximum duration of focused attention seems not to have changed over time (Doyle and Zakrajsek 2013, 91). Focused attention is different from “sustained attention,” which we need to stay focused on one task for a longer period and is
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