Easily Distracted People May Have 'Too Much Brain'

fysdt writes with this excerpt from New Scientist: "Those who are easily distracted from the task in hand may have 'too much brain.' So says Ryota Kanai and his colleagues at University College London, who found larger than average volumes of grey matter in certain brain regions in those whose attention is readily diverted. To investigate distractibility, the team compared the brains of easy and difficult-to-distract individuals. [Abstract] They assessed each person's distractibility by quizzing them about how often they fail to notice road signs, or go into a supermarket and become sidetracked to the point that they forget what they came in to buy. The most distractible individuals received the highest score."

Comments

Re:Flamebait Summary

[Anonymous Coward]

The summary unfairly rewards low-grade abuse-resistant machines/brains.

It should've been "Focused, Productive People May Have 'Not Enough Brain'.

BTW:

FIRST POST!

Re:great excuse

[roman_mir]

What do you mean 'women works'? It's easy, all you do is take one apart, so that it stops working (if it ever had previously) and then you put it back together piece by piece, until it restarts. Narrow down to the precise moment that makes her work again, and you are half way there, from then on it's trivial.

High as fuck

[MrQuacker]

or go into a supermarket and become sidetracked to the point that they forget what they came in to buy

Smoke a few bowls, and you too can forget what you went into the supermarket to get.

Re:I must be a genius

[DJRumpy]

Squirrel!

Re:Flamebait Summary

[Austerity Empowers]

It should've been "Focused, Productive

Oooh, Shiny!

Cannabis increases brain size!

[RKBA]

Marijuana must truly be a "mind expanding" drug then, because the more stoned I am the more easily distracted and forgetful I am. :-|