Mail, WhatsApps, alerts, meetings... why the new work luxury is maintaining concentration for more than an hour
Attention has been fragmented by technology. Here are some measures to avoid it and reduce stress
Research by Gloria Mark, a University of California investigator, reveals that the average time a person stays focused on a task before switching to another has decreased from 2.5 minutes to 47 seconds in less than two decades. This decrease in attention span is attributed to constant distractions from technological devices. According to Mark, it takes nearly 24 minutes for the brain to fully abandon a previous activity and focus on a new one.
Cal Newport, a Georgetown University professor, proposes four basic rules for integrating deep attention into daily life in his bestseller "Deep work". These rules include the monastic, bimodal, rhythmic, and journalistic models.
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