Attention

Memo to Our Parents: We Do Care

Naomi Hirabayashi | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media

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Naomi Hirabayashi

Our social action is unrecognizable to older generations. They wonder why we spend so much time online, join Facebook groups, and tweet our lives away.

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8 Reasons Why You Can't Pay Attention

Forbes.com | Allison Van Dusen | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living

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We've all had days--perhaps weeks and even months--when we can't seem to focus on anything. One minute you're reading an article online, the next you'...

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Can Games, Meditation and Parenting Help Improve Attention?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Michael Posner, Dogan Prize, Neuroscience, Attention, Mindfulness, Health, Brain Training, Cogniitve, Memory, Meditation, Parenting, Brain Fitness, Video Games, Meditation Practice, Emotional Intelligence, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

I am honored to interview today Michael I. Posner, a prominent scientist in the field of cognitive neuroscience.

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Phone in the Toilet?

Linda Stone | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Attention, The Balanced Life, Technology, The Inner Life, Continuous Partial Attention, Work-Life Balance, Living News
Linda Stone

Last week, a high school sophomore told me that she brings her phone into the shower with her -- in a Ziploc bag. She didn't want to miss an incoming text message.

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Is it Time to Retire the Never-Ending List?

Linda Stone | Posted 06.11.2008 | Living

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Linda Stone

As I was scanning a long list that I was adding to endlessly, I realized, "I'll never get it all done. That's probably just fine. But this endless list and this feeling of being completely scheduled...it's not working right now."

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Fine Dining with Mobile Devices

Linda Stone | Posted 01.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Continuous Partial Attention, Multi-Tasking, Stress, Attention, Lifestyle, Email, Meditation, Blackberries, Life Balance, Technology, Living News
Linda Stone

People often say we're multi-tasking ourselves to death. Is that really what we're doing? I call what we're doing today continuous partial attention.

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Of Tent Revivals, Wayward Husbands and Chicken Dinners

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.24.2007 | Living

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Steven Denlinger

I used to think that people make decisions logically. Jantzi understood better. Jantzi understood the power of tears.

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