📗 Libro en inglés THE DISTRACTED MIND

A brilliant and practical study of why our brains aren t built for media multitasking and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way Jack Kornfield author of The Wise Heart Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices We pride ourselves on our ability to multitask read work email reply to a text check Facebook watch a video clip Talk on the phone send a text drive a car Enjoy family dinner with a glowing smartphone next to our plates We can do it all 24 7 Never mind the errors in the email the near miss on the road and the unheard conversation at the table In The Distracted Mind Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen a neuroscientist and a psychologist explain why our brains aren t built for multitasking and suggest better ways to live in a high tech world without giving up our modern technology The authors explain that our brains are limited in their ability to pay attention We don t really multitask but rather switch rapidly between tasks Distractions and interruptions often technology related referred to by the authors as interference collide with our goal setting abilities We want to finish this paper spreadsheet sentence but our phone signals an incoming message and we drop everything Even without a