Are you a graduate student struggling to maintain your focus amidst a barrage of digital distractions? In this episode of Beyond the Thesis with Papa PhD we dive deep with into the secrets of optimizing your focus and attention. Gloria Mark, PhD in psychology and Chancellor's Professor Emerita at UC Irvine. Discover ho

Gloria Mark – Attention Span: Finding Focus for a fulfilling life...with TRE's Hannah Murray

Our ability to focus is not lost, it’s just changing. Here’s what we can adapt. Here’s a horrifying fact: the average attention span has now declined to just 47 seconds on any particular screen. 47 seconds! How did this happen? How can we get anything done this way? Today we’re going to meet the scientist who’s done th

Your attention span is our topic as we learn about gaining control of our focus and understanding why we get so easily distracted. Joining us is renowned psychologist Dr. Gloria Mark, who has been called “the definitive expert on distraction and multi-tasking.” She’s the author of the book, "Attention Span: A Groundbre

In this week’s episode of the Growth Guide podcast, we have the honor of having a conversation with Gloria Mark, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She studies the impact of digital media on people’s work and personal lives, examining multitasking, attention and stres

We live and work in a digital world where getting interrupted by communication tools is the norm. That means we shift our attention at least every 47 seconds. Then it takes us about 30 minutes to get back on task. At the same time, we continually interrupt ourselves – looking things up, tracking information down. While