If you’re reading this on your computer, you might be listening to music too. Maybe you have the TV on in the background, and your phone is by your side as you wait for an important text.
Strategies to avoid the pitfalls of distractions and interruptions, improve your cognitive control, reduce goal interference, and aid your distracted mind.
Ancient Man might have liked a smartphone. Our cave-dwelling ancestor would have wanted to know whether a storm was coming or if his friends had spotted a herd of predators nearby.
What are the consequences of digital distraction and how can we minimize them?
By looking at what happens to us when we can’t access our devices, we learn what they provide for us and our social life.
With toys for children that declare their love and want to chat, we bring to life a longstanding fantasy that machines might be our companions, that they might seem to not only be smart, but also to care about us.