Monday, March 26, 2012

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Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave.  They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information.  
These play to a primitive impulse to respond to immediate opportunities and threats.  The stimulation provokes excitement - a dopamine squirt - that researchers say can be addictive.  In its absence, people feel bored.  The resulting distractions can have deadly consequences, as when cell phone-wielding drivers and train engineers cause wrecks.  And for millions of people these urges can inflict nicks and cuts on creativity and deep thought, interrupting work and family life. -NY Times


 

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