Auditory distraction represents a critical area of research in cognitive science, elucidating how task-irrelevant sounds interfere with memory performance. The phenomenon encompasses a range of ...

Though many employees may be looking for a distraction to interrupt their 8-hour workday on occasion — not all interruptions are considered "good." In fact, a new survey released by LinkedIn last ...

Is distraction a curse or a blessing? Not giving full attention to what we should be doing makes us miss deadlines, fail classes, and crash into other drivers. Distraction certainly has a price.

Across the United States this year, more and more policies banning student cellphone use in K-12 schools are being enacted at state and district levels. While cellphones are a major source of ...

David Marno received funding from the Hellman Foundation and the Andrew D. Mellon Foundation. A constant complaint in our unpredictable world is that we live in an age of distraction. I am quick to ...