Attention Must Be Paid
Click here to SUBSCRIBE and get more great science, it's FREE! -- http://dft.ba/-iotbs_sub It seems like every week someone tells us how the internet and the digital age are overloading our brains. Sure, sometimes it feels like we're being fed more information than we can handle, that we're paying attention to the wrong things.
It seems like every week someone tells us how the internet and the digital age are overloading our brains. Sure, sometimes it feels like we're being fed more information than we can handle, that we're paying attention to the wrong things. Are we giving our brain a fair shot?
Another great episode of It's Okay To Be Smart exploring some science that show how paying attention can be a bad thing, and then some science about how paying attention can be a very helpful thing.
Related:
The original Simons and Chabris experiment
The cocktail party effect
The illusion of attention
How is the internet changing our brains? (Harold Rheingold and more)
Sherry Turkle - Alone Together