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Hooked On Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can't-talk-now-texting dept.

Zecheus writes "In the New York Times: 'Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls, and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information.'"

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  1. Re:Could someone summarize the summary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    it is a fucking 5 page article on how we cannot focus on anything anymore. Did they seriously think most people have the time for a 5 page article? This is not a journal write up in Nature, this is an article in the NY Times, learn to me more succinct in your writing.

  2. c0m by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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