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Attention Control
"In our studies, people who are more intelligent don’t mind wander so often when the task is hard but can do it more when tasks are easy."
It's time for Tetris.
People think that unhappiness causes our minds to wander, but what if the causation goes the other way?
The "attention economy" corrupts science.
Turning away is a natural response.
You open an app and start scrolling, then suddenly it's an hour later. Sound familiar?
What can elite athletes teach you about how to win?
Unplugging only ignores the hard work of overcoming your distractions.
In the age of distraction, don't we all want to read faster and more efficiently?
Until recently, video games were accused of killing brain cells. Now, researchers are trying to understand how they help players get smarter.
Easily distracted? Try a "distractibility delay."
Your inner voice can be the devil on your shoulder or the angel. It depends on where your focus lies.
Morbid fatality statistics on digital highway signs seem to distract drivers, thus increasing the number of car crashes.
We forget how unnatural a lot of formal education is. "Learning how to learn" requires bridging the gap between the abstract and the natural.
Memory errors may actually indicate a way in which the human cognitive system is “optimal” or “rational.”