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🧠 Is Your Brain Still Listening When You’re Spaced Out? (opens the original)
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Many of my friends tell me about a decline they’ve felt in their ability to focus over the last few years. Whereas a few years ago, they could sit happily with a book and read for hours, today they struggle to get through even a few pages without feeling antsy or distracted. To get around this, they’ve shifted toward 1.5x speed audiobooks and short-form video to drive content down their throat as fast as possible.Putting aside the problematic feedback loop in all of this, what is actually happen
⚙️ The Convoluted Mental Mechanics of Personal Responsibility (opens the original)
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Feedback is all around us in life and work. School teachers give us grades for exams, bosses at work give us performance reviews, and friends give us reactions and facial expressions when we tell them what we’ve been up to. All of these signals can communicate either disapproval or validation. The real question is how we choose to interpret and use that feedback: sometimes we’ll learn from the feedback and adjust our behavior accordingly, while at other times we’ll put up a wall and interpret th
🌡️ How Your Attention Regulates Your Body’s Healing (opens the original)
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When we are trying to get over uncomfortable physical sensations like itches, scratches, or burns, our natural instinct is often to look away. Distracting ourselves with the latest social media video or household task helps us forget about the problem for a moment. But what does this do to the actual biological machinery underlying our recovery? We know that attention can impact the intensity of sensations, but could it also impact the efficiency of the healing processes in our tissues?One new s
🔀 Task Switching Costs Are Worse Than You Think (opens the original)
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Many of our cognitive pitfalls are simply inescapable, even for the world’s most important experts. When we think of emergency responders, educators, and medical professionals, we maintain a hopeful confidence in their ability to perform at the highest possible level at all times.Of course, the reality is that they’re human like the rest of us. We get tired, hungry, and emotional, and all of these influences can impact the way we do our work. Experimental psychology has identified a whole bunch
🐣 The Perils of Ignoring the Newcomer (opens the original)
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We’ve all been the new kid on the block at some point in our lives. We may have stepped into a role at a new company, looked for new friends after moving home, or joined a sports team or fitness group. Even as the newbie, we generally hope that other people will take us seriously and value our fresh perspectives. In reality though, there’s always some social friction to battle against before we’re truly accepted as “one of them”.Despite the obvious benefits of incorporating diverse opinions and
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