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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: The brain’s limits make us easily vulnerable to interference and distraction.
Chapter 2: However hard we strive, evolution has primed us still to get easily distracted by certain cues.
Chapter 3: Modern tech hurts performance, yet we allow it since we instinctively seek out information, naturally.
Chapter 4: Three technologies have altered society’s behavior deeply.
Chapter 5: Modern tech touches daily life and threatens our safety — and we allow it too.
Chapter 6: Physical and mental training reshape your brain and enhance cognitive control.
Chapter 7: A handful of hacks can cut driving interference.
Chapter 8: You too can resist digital device interference when socializing, too.
Description
The Distracted Mind (2016) explains the basic structures of the brain and questions how well it can function in a world stuffed full of high-tech gadgets and constant distractions. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, it offers practical solutions for how to resist all these distractions and regain focus.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone struggling to keep focused at work
- Psychology students
- People who are afraid of missing out