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  2. Distraction - Wikipedia

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    While distracted driving can be attributed to anything that diverts attention away from the road, it is often the cell phone that receives the blame for distracted driving incidents. Most of the recent studies have shown that cell phone usage while driving has striking similarities to the effects of drinking while driving; Cell phones tend to ...

  3. Mind-wandering - Wikipedia

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    One of the categories are the target words. In each block of the task a word appears for about 300 ms, there will be a pause and then another word. When a target word appears the participant hits a designated key. About 60% of the time after a target word a thought probe will appear to gauge whether thoughts were on task.

  4. Shiny object syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Shiny object syndrome (SOS) is a pop-cultural, psychological concept where people focus on a new and fashionable idea, regardless of how valuable or helpful it may ultimately be.

  5. Distracted driving: Why staying safe means staying focused - AOL

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    If being distracted causes you to deviate from safe driving patterns, you can be pulled over and fined. If the distracted driving was the result of being under the influence, you may be charged ...

  6. Attention span - Wikipedia

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    Many different tests on attention span have been used in different populations and in different times. Some tests measure short-term, focused attention abilities (which is typically below normal in people with ADHD), and others provide information about how easily distracted the test-taker is (typically a significant problem in people with ADHD).

  7. Bread and circuses - Wikipedia

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    "Bread and circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement.It is attributed to Juvenal (Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Friday ...

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    Here are the first two letters for each word: SE. TA. FR. LA. EM. CL (SPANGRAM) NYT Strands Spangram Answer Today. Today's spangram answer on Friday, February 7, 2025, is CLOTHINGACCENTS.

  9. Cognitive disengagement syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS) is a syndrome characterized by developmentally inappropriate, impairing, and persistent levels of decoupled attentional processing from the ongoing external context and resultant hypoactivity.