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| Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price |
| 2010-06-16 |
| Here's a bit of the article: Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information. These play to a primitive impulse to respond to immediate opportunities and threats. The stimulation provokes excitement — a dopamine squirt — that researchers say can be addictive. In its absence, people feel bored. Lots more at link. |
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