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If you tend to do other things or get distracted while eating dinner, you may be running the risk of over-consuming everyday pleasures later, possibly because the distraction caused you to enjoy ...

Being distracted by technology during mealtimes may decrease the amount of food a person eats, nutrition scientists suggest in a new study. When 119 young adults consumed a meal while playing a simple ...

Recently my research team observed nearly 300 middle school, high school, and university students studying something important for a mere 15 minutes in their natural environments. We were interested ...

AhaSlides released new research examining distraction and its impact on modern learning and work environments. The research, which surveyed 1,048 US-based professionals who deliver presentations at ...

At first glance, it appears to be a foregone conclusion. Studying with distractions is disingenuous. Yet, there are scores of students who attest to studying while background music is playing. In fact ...

Human attention does not flow like a steady stream. Instead, it pulses in rapid cycles, with brain oscillations between 7 and 10 hertz creating brief windows of vulnerability roughly 7 to 10 times ...

Why do some drivers crash while dialing their cell phone, and others maneuver smoothly while applying lipstick, sending e-mail or fiddling with the radio in stop-and-go traffic? General Motors and ...