New research from University of Utah psychology researchers is helping prove what American authors John Muir and Henry David Thoreau tried to teach more than 150 years ago: Time spent in nature is good for the heart and soul.
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The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but they can also provide insightful glimpses into memory. Stanford scientists are now able to predict whether an individual will remember or forget based on their neural activity ...
Oct 28, 2020
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Multitasking makes adolescents feel both more positively and more negatively about the main task they're trying to accomplish, a new study finds.
Oct 30, 2019
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If your attention gets diverted in different directions by smartphones and other digital devices, take note: Media multitasking has now been linked to obesity.
Apr 2, 2019
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How many times have you sat down to watch TV or a movie, only to immediately shift your attention to your smartphone or tablet? Known as "media multitasking", this phenomenon is so common that an estimated 178m US adults ...
Dec 13, 2018
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The smartphones that are now ubiquitous were just gaining popularity when Anthony Wagner became interested in the research of his Stanford colleague, Clifford Nass, on the effects of media multitasking and attention. Though ...
Oct 25, 2018
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Beware, media multitaskers: New research from Rice University researchers has found a link between spending too much time on digital devices and how first impression are formed.
Oct 24, 2018
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When somebody can juggle lots of things at the same time, we often say that they are good "multitaskers." All of us multitask once in a while.
Sep 7, 2018
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The more time teenagers spend splitting their attention between various devices such as their phones, video games or TV, the lower their test scores in math and English tend to be. More time spent multitasking between different ...
May 18, 2016
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People who often mix their media consumption—texting while watching TV, or listening to music while reading—are not known for being able to hold their attention on one task. But sharpening their focus may be as simple ...
Apr 18, 2016
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