Balloons

A black and white photograph, apparently from the early 20th century, showing a person sitting at a desk writing, wearing a large padded helmet that completely encases their head. The helmet has small goggles over the eyes and a breathing apparatus over the mouth, connected by a tube to a gas cylinder on the left. A desk clock, telephone, and other office items are visible on the desk.

…results suggest that people do flit from one task to another more frequently than they did in previous decades, and that this switching is often detrimental to performance. But there is little evidence that the brain’s fundamental ability to concentrate has been impaired. This suggests that if we can shut down the distractions of our …

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