Dr. Gloria Mark is a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine. She studies how our minds and behavior have changed over the last two decades in using computers and phones. One of the most striking changes she's seen is that attention spans on any screen has diminished. multitasking can cause stress because it takes time to reorient your mind when you're switching between different activities.
Everyone is distracted by technology, and all of us have experienced this sense that our level of distraction is increasing. Even the speed with which we move from website to website, from app to app seems to be increasing in pace. And there's lots of people out there willing to talk about what we should do and how we can improve. But very few of those people have the data to help us think through this problem and what to do about it with precision. That's why I've invited Dr. Gloria Mark onto the podcast today. Dr. Mark has spent 30 years studying attention and the relationship between humans and technology. She's published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers, so the difference when she speaks, even when she says things that sound like you've heard them before, is that she has a detail and a data-driven perspective behind what is being said. In other words, she's more credible, she's more accurate, and it really is a pleasure to have her. By the end of this episode, you'll be able to establish and protect your peak attention windows of opportunity.
Learn more from Dr. Mark here: https://gloriamark.com/
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