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A person's attention set on their computer screen. Attention management refers to models and tools for supporting the management of attention at the individual or at the collective level (cf. attention economy), and at the short-term (quasi real time) or at a longer term (over periods of weeks or months).
In part one, Workplace Distractions: The Epidemic of Overwhelm, we identified the most common causes of stress and inefficiency in the workplace, from e-mails to personal interruptions. Admit it ...
Multitasking could also be considered as distraction in situations requiring full attention on a single object (e.g., sports, academic tests, performance). The issue of distraction in the workplace is studied in interruption science. According to Gloria Mark, a leader in interruption science, the average knowledge worker switches tasks every ...
Is your organization a victim of these common but unexpected workplace distractions? Here's what to look for, and how to eliminate them fast. Are these workplace distractions lurking in your office?
Information overload (also known as infobesity, [1] [2] infoxication, [3] or information anxiety [4]) is the difficulty in understanding an issue and effectively making decisions when one has too much information (TMI) about that issue, [5] and is generally associated with the excessive quantity of daily information. [6]
Researchers disagree on the exact amount of the human transient attention span, whereas selective sustained attention, also known as focused attention, is the level of attention that produces consistent results on a task over time. Common estimates of the attention span of healthy teenagers and adults range 5 hours.
Being ubiquitous in life and an intuitive concept, there are few formal definitions of interruption. A commonly agreed upon definition proposed by Boehm-Davis and Remington specifies an interruption is "the suspension of one stream of work prior to completion, with the intent of returning to and completing the original stream of work". [2]
Limit distractions: Distracted driving isn’t just about your phone. Loud music, passengers, pets and children can distract drivers from staying focused on the road.