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Distraction is the process of diverting the attention of an individual or group from a desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information. Distraction is caused by: the lack of ability to pay attention; lack of interest in the object of attention; or the great intensity, novelty or attractiveness of ...
Interruption science is the interdisciplinary scientific study concerned with how interruptions affect human performance, and the development of interventions to ameliorate the disruption caused by interruptions. [1] Interruption science is a branch of human factors psychology and emerged from human–computer interaction and cognitive psychology.
Driver distraction, a sub-category of inattention, has been estimated to be a contributing factor in 8% to 13% of all crashes. Of distraction-related crashes, cell phone use may range from 1.5 to 5% of contributing factors. [14] However, large unknowns in each category may increase the inaccuracy of these estimates.
Directed attention fatigue (DAF) is a neuro-psychological phenomenon that results from overuse of the brain's inhibitory attention mechanisms, which handle incoming distractions while maintaining focus on a specific task. The greatest threat to a given focus of attention is competition from other stimuli that can cause a shift in focus.
Making space for spontaneously seeing friends or going on adventures can reduce stress and add fun to your life — and ... or to simply be free from the distractions of social media or news ...
The concept of a perceptual noise exclusion deficit is an emerging hypothesis as to the origins and nature of dyslexia.It is supported by research showing that dyslexic adults and children experience difficulty in targeting visual information in the presence of visual perceptual distractions, but subjects do not show the same impairment when the distracting factors are removed in an ...
A new study is illuminating how “forever chemicals” can alter our brain cells by impairing the genes that maintain healthy neurons, the cells of our nervous system. Scientists are only ...
From 2012 to 2017 he was a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig. Since 2017 he heads the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience [ 4 ] at Technische Universität Dresden .