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NEWS ABOUT: distraction

distraction stories: 6 news summaries
RUNAWAY PLANE

FAA Revokes Northwest Pilots' Licenses

Distracted duo have 10 days to appeal

Oct 27, 09 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The distracted pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 188 are no longer pilots: the FAA today announced it has revoked the licenses of Timothy Cheney, 53, and Richard Cole, 54, for the incident last week in which the pair overshot their destination airport by 150 miles. The pilots, who attributed the... More »

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FAA • Northwest Airlines • NTSB • pilot • distraction • license

TECH REVIEW

Some Software to Keep You Focused

Digital nannies keep you away from distracting web sites

Sep 17, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The PC is a devilishly distracting tool, with news, social-networking, and game sites—not to mention work—vying for your attention. To salvage his productivity, Farhad Manjoo turned to a number of programs designed to cut down on distractions, he writes for the New York Times. There are three types.... More »

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social networking • work • productivity • office workers • Web browsing • distraction

(Newser) - Doodling while listening actually increases retention of memory, LiveScience reports. A new study shows that subjects who “mindlessly” sketched while listening to a not-so-interesting phone message remembered key facts 29% more than others instructed to just listen. “It helps to keep us on track with a boring task,... More »

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psychology • neuroscience • scientific study • distraction • attention • doodling



 Science 
 Probes 
 'Senior 
 Moments' 

Researchers discover why an aging brain is prone to distraction

Dec 2, 08 1:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Science has found clues to why older people tend to lose their train of thought so easily: Slower internal brain communications are behind those misplaced names, words, keys, and other “senior moments,” the Wall Street Journal reports. A 200-millisecond difference in an older person’s ability to quickly... More »

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elderly • age • brain • cognitive decline • memory loss • distraction

OPINION

 Hang Onto That 
 BlackBerry, Barack 

Many arguments to lose the phone; all are silly

Nov 18, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - This weekend was full of stories about how Barack Obama will have to give up his beloved Blackberry as president—but that’s wholly unnecessary, writes Stephen Wildstrom in BusinessWeek. The only good reason to dump the phone would be because it's a timesuck, but “Obama has shown himself... More »

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Barack Obama • security • BlackBerry • distraction

OPINION

What Was   
I Writing?

Chronic distraction
—a self-inflicted malady—may seem comic, but it's deadly

Jul 23, 08 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - We all complain about the myriad distractions in the wired world, but Bryan Appleyard goes further in the Guardian: Distraction is not just annoying, it can kill you, and will be the downfall of democracy. “Chronic, long-term distraction” may be as deadly as smoking, and the habits of... More »

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social networking • Internet • stress • modern man • multitask • distraction • attention

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