Attention Quote by N. Katherine Hayles

We often praise 'the ability to multi-task.' While you can learn when you divide your attention, divided attention doesn't lead to aiding change in…

— Norman Doidge

“Continuous Partial Attention involves an artificial sense of constant crisis, of living in a 24/7, always-on world. It contributes to feeling stressed, overwhelmed, overstimulated,…

— Sharon Salzberg

The conditions conducive to deep thought have become increasingly rare in our highly mediated lives... Now we live in an attention economy, where the…

— Laura Miller

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

— Deepak Chopra

Attention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive.

— Anonymous

Attention is what steers your perceptions; it's what controls your reality. It's the gateway to the mind.

— Apollo Robbins

The mind can wander while still focusing on one task.

— Herbert Benson

“Efforts to deepen your focus will struggle if you don’t simultaneously wean your mind from a dependence on distraction. Much in the same way…

— Cal Newport

Attention is the mind's feet; if you do not control your attention strictly, it runs into misleading pathways.

— Zicheng Hong

When we multi-task, we are motivated by a desire to be more productive and more efficient. We're often doing things that are automatic, that…

— Linda Stone

Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and…

— Daniel Goleman

“Everyone knows what attention is. It is taking possession of the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seems several…

— William James