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Attention = Focusing + Ignoring
Paying attention involves two separate distinct brain functions:
- “enhancement” - our ability to focus on things that matter)
- “suppression” - our ability to ignore the things that don’t.
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Suppressing distraction gets harder with age
Our ability to filter out distractions, not our concentration, diminishes with age.
As we grow older we get more and more distracted.
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Less visual clutter to eliminate distractions
When your eyes are closed, your brain isn’t working as hard to filter out visual information. So:
- Use one screen, one browser window, and one computer program at a time.
- Keep your physical and virtual desktop tidy.
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Activities that boost focus
To increase our ability to concentrate try :
- Exercise
- Meditation
- Spending time in nature may help boost cognitive control
- Coggnitive exercises & immersive action video games
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"The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness." - Schopenhauer
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