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Attention Span

Audiobook (Includes supplementary content)
*A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January*
*AS HEARD ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD*
Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this groundbreaking new approach from "the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking" (Cal Newport).

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
  • While the concept of "flow" has previously been considered the ideal state of focus, Dr. Mark offers a new framework to help explain how our brains function in the digital world: kinetic attention. This book reveals how we can take control, not only to find more success in our careers, but also to find health and wellness in our everyday lives.
    Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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    Publisher: Harlequin Audio Edition: Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook

    • ISBN: 9781488218361
    • File size: 312970 KB
    • Release date: January 10, 2023
    • Duration: 10:52:01

    MP3 audiobook

    • ISBN: 9781488218361
    • File size: 313025 KB
    • Release date: January 10, 2023
    • Duration: 11:00:56
    • Number of parts: 14

    Formats

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook

    Languages

    English

    *A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January*
    *AS HEARD ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD*
    Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this groundbreaking new approach from "the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking" (Cal Newport).

    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
  • While the concept of "flow" has previously been considered the ideal state of focus, Dr. Mark offers a new framework to help explain how our brains function in the digital world: kinetic attention. This book reveals how we can take control, not only to find more success in our careers, but also to find health and wellness in our everyday lives.
    Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

    Expand title description text
    • Details

      Publisher:
      Harlequin Audio
      Edition:
      Unabridged

      OverDrive Listen audiobook
      ISBN: 9781488218361
      File size: 312970 KB
      Release date: January 10, 2023
      Duration: 10:52:01

      MP3 audiobook
      ISBN: 9781488218361
      File size: 313025 KB
      Release date: January 10, 2023
      Duration: 11:00:56
      Number of parts: 14

    • Creators
    • Formats
      OverDrive Listen audiobook
      MP3 audiobook
    • Languages
      English