num_pages: 368
description: AS SEEN ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD WALL STREET JOURNAL  NEW YORK TIMES AND MORE **A COSMOPOLITAN BEST NEW NON-FICTION BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR TBR IN 2023****A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ BOOK FOR JANUARY**Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this groundbreaking new approach from the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking (Cal Newport).We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task after an interruption. And we interrupt ourselves more than we're interrupted by others.In Attention Span  psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and more surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She shows how much of what we think we know is wrong including insights such as:While the concept of flow has previously been considered the ideal state of focus Dr. Mark offers a new framework to help explain how our brains function in the digital world: kinetic attention. This book reveals how we can take control not only to find more success in our careers but also to find health and wellness in our everyday lives.
language: English
title: Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity
publisher: Hanover Square Press