#385 - This is killing your focus - Professor Gloria Mark

Do you notice that your levels of focus and attention are getting worse? Are you finding yourself more easily distracted than you used to be? Well today's guest will be of interest to you. I'm joined by Gloria Mark she is a psychologist and is Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. Shes also the author the recently pubished book, Attention span. Professor Mark is really interested in examining how we can find our focus again and fight distraction. In this episode we hear shocking facts about how much our focus has deteriorated in recent years.We talk about the explosion of social media platforms that specialise in hacking our attention. Expect to learn the truth about multitasking and its effect on our productivity.We hear about the rhythms of attention we experience throughout the day.Learn about the negative physiological implications of our shrinking attention span.We talk about the damaging effects of smartphone use on children and their development. Will AI contribute to a further fracturing of our focus .. and lots more. This was a really interesting conversation I hope you enjoy it https://gloriamark.com/Attention Span book : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Attention-Span-Finding-Fighting-Distraction/dp/1335449418https://ics.uci.edu/~gmark/Home_page/Welcome.html Order Happy Habits for Mind and Body Audiobook: https://rb.gy/h5jjjg Order Kindle copy of Happy Habits for Mind and Body : https://rb.gy/jiojcc Order US paperback of Happy Habits for Mind and Body : https://rb.gy/sirste Order UK paperback of Happy Habits for Mind and Body : https://rb.gy/jtfea5 Listen to all previous podcast episodes of the Happy Habit Podcast via these podcast platforms : Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/happy-habit-podcast Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Habit-Podcast/dp/B08K5887J8 Amazon music : https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/670836c2-ea4c-4a23-a67d-a54dd804ef61/happy-habit-podcast Spotify https://https://open.spotify.com/show/2VKIhQK6mYTzLCO8haUoRd Google Podcasts : https://t.ly/hTU8q ----- Follow the Happy Habit Podcast at: Website: https://happyhabitpodcast.wordpress.com/Facebook: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mathieunorry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyhabitpodcast/ Newsletter: