Podcast HackFinding FocusBy Hidden Brain, Gloria Mark
In a Nutshell
On this January 2024 episode of the Hidden Brain podcast, host Shankar Vedantam speaks with psychologist Gloria Mark about how our devices are decreasing our attention spans and how to maintain focus amidst endless distractions.
Favorite Quote
It's almost as if people want to maintain this level of interruptions. If you're not being interrupted by something external to yourself, then you self-interrupt.
Gloria Mark
Introduction
How long can you pay attention to one task before you switch to another?
Gloria Mark is a psychologist at the University of California Irvine and the author of Attention Span.
Shankar Vedantam is a journalist, author, and host of Hidden Brain, a podcast that explores important topics in contemporary psychology and neuroscience.
On this January 2024 episode of Hidden Brain, Mark joins Vedantam to explain how humans' ability to focus has changed as we have introduced digital devices to our lives.
According to Mark, our attention spans have significantly decreased over the last two decades, and she offers helpful tips for maintaining focus and limiting distractions.
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