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The Online Brain Hypothesis

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The “online brain”: how the … Continue reading A study published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information highlights this trend, emphasizing how the multitude of online media sources vies for our attention, often at the expense of our ability to concentrate for extended periods. Source: World Psychiatry 1 Firth, J., Steiner, G.,

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Attention Spans in the Social Media Age

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The “online brain”: how the … Continue reading A study published in the National Center for Biotechnology Information highlights this trend, emphasizing how the multitude of online media sources vies for our attention, often at the expense of our ability to concentrate for extended periods. Source: World Psychiatry 1 Firth, J., Steiner, G.,

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The Anatomy of Attention

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It’s often tested by asking people to perform two tasks simultaneously, like listening to a conversation while writing. This refers to measuring and evaluating attentional processes, often in clinical or educational settings, to identify attention deficits or disorders. Attention according to the supervisory attentional system.

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