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Adam Gazzaley
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The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
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2016
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13 editions
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Rays of Truth: Personal Reflections – Collective Wisdom
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“The brain has allowed us to perform extraordinary feats from discovering general relativity to painting the Sistine Chapel, from building airplanes to composing symphonies. And yet, we still forget to pick up milk on the way home. How can this be?”
― The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
― The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
“Technology has also rapidly invaded our language. Every year the Oxford English Dictionary adds new words that it feels deserve to be part of the English language.”
― The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
― The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
“In a laboratory study, a researcher from Virginia Commonwealth University observed college students during a three-hour study session using video cameras and eye trackers and found that on average, students spent more than an hour listening to music and showed thirty-five interruptions of six seconds or longer, totaling twenty-six disrupted minutes in just three hours.33”
― The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
― The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World
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