Why You're Easily Distracted - New Way to Think of Attention 

Today we'll be looking into why people are so easily distracted why attention is so hard and if distractions used to be beneficial. Most of us are easily distracted not because we're odd but because we are normal.
being distracted in evolutionary biology is an advantage
Research shows that our brains are designed to be distracted. Scientists from Princeton University and the University of California found that our brain refocuses our attention four times every second. So as you read this sentence your brain is periodically scanning your surroundings to see if there is a more important location to focus on.
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