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

By:

Mark, Gloria

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, 2023.Description: 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781335449412 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

153.7/33 23

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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
100 - 199	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	Non-fiction	153.733 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003201101

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"Find focus, fight distraction"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

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