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  • Attention Span

  • A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity
  • By: Gloria Mark
  • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
  • Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (54 ratings)

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Attention Span

By: Gloria Mark
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Publisher's summary

*A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January*

*AS HEARD ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD*

Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this groundbreaking new approach from "the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking" (Cal Newport).

We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task after an interruption. And we interrupt ourselves more than we're interrupted by others.

In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and more surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She shows how much of what we think we know is wrong, including insights such as:

  • Why multitasking hurts rather than helps productivity
  • How social media and modern entertainment amplify our short attention spans
  • What drains our mental resources and how to refuel them
  • The four types of attention that we experience every day and how to recognize them

While the concept of “flow” has previously been considered the ideal state of focus, Dr. Mark offers a new framework to help explain how our brains function in the digital world: kinetic attention. This book reveals how we can take control, not only to find more success in our careers, but also to find health and wellness in our everyday lives.

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PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Gloria Mark (P)2023 Harlequin Audio
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Loved everything about it. A Must-Read!

Gained life-changing insight into my own digital habits and responses. All the info based on decades of expert methodical studies. Provides practical guidance so I can regain control of my use of technology.

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Excellent book

Narration is very good
Listen at 1.5 times speed and you will be fine
A lot of great information in this book. I will refer to it again and again. Well worth your time

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A book titled "Attention Span" shouldn't take 10 hours to read

This seems more like a research paper than a book for lay people who have inadequate attention span.

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Very good listen.

I really enjoyed this book. I was going to write more but I seem to have lost my train of thought and can’t remember what I was going to say. If anyone needs me, I’ll be scrolling tiktok.

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Excellent and nuanced study of attention in the modern age

A great read/listen with a nuanced discussion of how attention works, how it can best be managed in the age of constant distraction by digital devices. Highly recommended

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Well Done

This audio book is wonderful to listen to. The narration is fantastic, and the research is easy to follow and understand. Well worth my time and attention.

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Well done, but a bit dry.

It was ironic that for a book about attention span, I found it difficult to focus on this book. The research was well done and well laid out, but the delivery and content were a bit dry. To be honest, this could have been summarized 1 to 2 chapterswith enough context.

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A book about technology

I walked in thinking it was about attention instead it's about technology and it's effects and manipulations of attention.

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well written and useful

The book is well-written and structured. I enjoyed it and learned a lot from it. It may not all be new, but I don't think it is aimed at PhDs in the field, if so it would be written more academically. It's written for the majority of the population, which is what makes it easy to follow. I like that it provides context by covering previous studies and the 'history' of the topic. What is most useful about this book for the average joe like me, is the validation it provides about things we have all noticed but haven't had access to the data to examine for ourselves. It arms you with information and practical approaches to overcoming common pitfalls. And most importantly for me, it allowed me to view my own struggles with attention with compassion, and understanding. So thanks.

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Interesting

Very well paced book with interesting research. For those of us with PhD’s in the field though it’s nothing really new. Overall though I enjoyed it!

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