Partial Continuous Attention – An emerging trend from Smart Phones
Posted by Phill | Filed under Stress at work, Stress research, stress video
Prof. Gary Small, a psychatry and biobehavioural scientist at U.C.L.A. highlights the negative aspect of smart phones and other technological advancments that are putting increased levels of stress on our mind. With our ability to stay connected and in touch with every aspect of the world are we paying less attention to the jobs we are doing as part of our brain focusses on the capure of new information from one of our many sources. Kind of super multi-tasking.
Professor Small says “We’re not just doing two or three tasks at the same time, we’re scanning the environment for new information”.
This is a very interesting theory as I often encourage clients (www.combatcorporatestress.com) to leave their phones at home whilst the go out for a meal, enjoy the freedom we used to enjoy before the ability to check the latest news, check the sports results, look at your e-mails or facebook whilst your partner goes to the toilet. Learn and remember how nice it is to just sit and wait for them to come back.