News tagged with distractions
Study shows background noise affects test scores
(Medical Xpress) -- A new study presented at the 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America shows that students testing scores are negatively affected by background noise, but not the noise you would expect. The ba ...
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Nov 02, 2011 |
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How the brain routes traffic for maximum alertness
A new UC Davis study shows how the brain reconfigures its connections to minimize distractions and take best advantage of our knowledge of situations.
Neuroscience
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Grammar errors? The brain detects them even when you are unaware
Your brain often works on autopilot when it comes to grammar. That theory has been around for years, but University of Oregon neuroscientists have captured elusive hard evidence that people indeed detect ...
Neuroscience
May 13, 2013 |
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Media multitasking is really multi-distracting
Multitaskers who think they can successfully divide their attention between the program on their television set and the information on their computer screen proved to be driven to distraction by the two devices, according ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 02, 2011 |
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Mindful multitasking: Meditation first can calm stress, aid concentration
(Medical Xpress) -- Need to do some serious multitasking? Some training in meditation beforehand could make the work smoother and less stressful, new research from the University of Washington shows.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 14, 2012 |
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For some children with ADHD, music has similar positive effects to medication
(Medical Xpress)—The findings are part of a study on the effects of distractors on children with ADHD. A team of researchers, led by FIU Center for Children and Families Director William E. Pelham Jr., ...
Attention deficit disorders
Nov 05, 2012 |
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Color red increases the speed and strength of reactions
What links speed, power, and the color red? Hint: it's not a sports car. It's your muscles.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2011 |
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How our brains keep us focused
In a new study to appear in Neuron, scientists at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) have uncovered mechanisms that help our brain to focus by efficiently routing only relevant information to perceptual brain ...
Neuroscience
Dec 07, 2011 |
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A new study shows how to boost the power of pain relief, without drugs
(Medical Xpress) -- Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction—say, doing a puzzle—relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they use the same brain processes? Neuromaging suggests ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Infants trained to concentrate show added benefits
Although parents may have a hard time believing it, even infants can be trained to improve their concentration skills. What's more, training babies in this way leads to improvements on other, unrelated tasks.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Student engineers automate limb lengthening for kids
Another day, another four turns of the screw. That's just a part of life for people, primarily children, undergoing the long and difficult process of distraction osteogenesis, a method to correct bone deformities ...
Medical research
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Hey, I'm over here: Men and women see things differently
USC researchers show that men and women focus on different things when paying attention and are drawn away by different types of distractions.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 31, 2012 |
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Adolescents' personalities and coping habits affect social behaviors, MU researcher says
Infants innately relieve stress by crying, turning their heads or maintaining eye contact. Adults manage emotional tension using problem-solving or by seeking support. A new study by a University of Missouri human development ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 01, 2012 |
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Effect of taking smaller bites outweighs tendency to eat more when distracted
Eating while distracted generally makes people eat more without being aware of it, but reducing bite sizes may be able to counter this effect, according to new research published January 23 in the open access journal PLOS ON ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jan 23, 2013 |
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