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Attention span : a groundbreaking way to restore balance, happiness and productivity / Gloria Mark, PhD.

Mark, Gloria, (author.).

Summary:
"We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task after an interruption. And we interrupt ourselves more than we're interrupted by others. In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and more surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She shows how much of what we think we know is wrong, including insights such as: why multitasking hurts rather than helps productivity; how social media and modern entertainment amplify our short attention spans; what drains our mental resources and how to refuel them; the four types of attention that we experience every day and how to recognize them"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781335449412
  • ISBN: 1335449418
  • Physical Description: 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-343) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Breaking the myths of attention -- The anatomy of attention. Your limited cognitive resources ; The battle for your attention ; Types of attention ; Why, how and how much we multitask ; The consequences of constant interruption -- The underlying forces of distraction. The rise of the internet and the decline of focus ; How AI and algorithms influence your thoughts ; Our digital social world ; Personality and self-regulation ; Happiness and our devices ; How the media conditions our attention -- Focus, rhythm and balance. Free will, agency, and our attention ; Achieving focus, rhythm, and balance ; The future of attention -- Endnotes.
Subject: Distraction (Psychology)
Attention.
Information technology > Psychological aspects.
Genre: Self-help publications.
Informational works.

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