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Minimizing The Brain Drain Caused By Your Devices
- Whether you are using it or not, be aware of how much of your conscious thoughts are occupied by your devices.
- Take your devices out of your sight and keep it so while you need to be productive.
- Take notes by hand if possible. Studies show that writing by hand increases learning.
- Don’t give up. Reducing the use of devices is hard and takes time.
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Phones And The Human Brain
Phones take over many duties in our day-to-day lives and so they occupy portions of our attentional capacity.
Studies indicate that regular phone and computer users that physically get away from devices, theirs or not, have an increase in available cognitive capacity an...
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