This week I am delighted to talk to Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Gloria Mark. Dr. Gloria received her PhD from Columbia University in Psychology and studies the impact of digital media on people’s lives. She takes a deep dive in examining multitasking, interruptions, and mood with the use of digital devices. Over the past twenty years Dr. Gloria has been in the trenches studying while also publishing over 200 articles and a brand new book titled Attention Span: Find Focus and Fight Distraction.
Topics
-Trends discovered after 20 years of attention research
-Myths of our attention
-Why it’s impossible to multitask
-Understanding the limited pool of our cognitive resources
-Exercises to help build concentration and focus
-Top 3 attention traps
-Attention with intention is where our best life lives
-Predicting the future of our attention spans
Grab Dr. Gloria’s brand new book Attention Span at https://gloriamark.com
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